Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NET

NET

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Jeremiah 25 :: New English Translation (NET)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:2 - So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - "For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah until now, the LORD has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again what he said. But you would not listen.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:4 - Over and over again the LORD has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - He said through them, 'Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - So, now the LORD says, 'You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:8 - "Therefore, the LORD who rules over all says, 'You have not listened to what I said.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11 - This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.'

Babylon Will Be Judged

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 - "'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the LORD, affirm it!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done!'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - So the LORD, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. "Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:16 - When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:17 - So I took the cup from the LORD's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18 - I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21 - all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:23 - the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:24 - all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - all the kings of the north, whether near or far from one another; and all the other kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. After all of them have drunk the wine of the LORD's wrath, the king of Babylon must drink it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Then the LORD said to me, "Tell them that the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can't get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD who rules over all, affirm it!'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - "Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them: 'Like a lion about to attack, the LORD will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the LORD will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.' The LORD so affirms it!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:32 - The LORD who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33 - Those who have been killed by the LORD at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:34 - Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the LORD is about to destroy their lands.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 - Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD."
NET

The NET Bible®, New English Translation Copyright © 1996 By Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NET Bible® is a registered trademark The NET Bible® Logo, Service Mark Copyright © 1997 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved.

Full copyright information is provided here. Visit the NET Bible website.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NET
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NET
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Jeremiah Chapter 25 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras