1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), (王下24:1; 耶1:3; 耶36:1)2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:3“For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened. (代下36:15; 耶1:2; 耶7:13; 耶11:7; 耶26:5; 耶29:19; 耶32:33; 耶35:14)4You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, (耶25:3)5saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. (耶7:7; 耶18:11; 耶23:22)6Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ (耶7:6; 耶32:30)7Yet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. (耶25:6)8“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. (赛44:28; 赛45:1; 耶1:15; 耶18:16; 耶27:6; 耶43:10; 结29:18)10Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp. (传12:4; 耶7:34; 启18:22; 启18:23)11This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. (代下36:21; 拉1:1; 赛23:15; 耶25:9; 耶27:3; 耶28:14; 但9:2)12Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste. (赛13:19; 耶25:11; 耶51:24; 耶51:26; 耶51:62)13I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.14For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.” (耶27:7; 耶50:9; 耶50:29; 耶50:41; 耶51:6; 耶51:24; 耶51:27)
The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath
15Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. (伯21:20; 诗60:3; 诗75:8; 赛51:17; 耶49:12; 耶51:7; 哀4:21; 启14:10)16They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.” (耶47:6)17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: (赛51:22)18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; (耶18:16; 亚12:2)19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, (耶46:25)20and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); (出12:38; 伯1:1; 赛20:1; 耶47:1; 耶47:4; 耶50:37; 哀4:21; 结30:5)21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; (耶9:26; 耶49:1; 耶49:7)22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; (赛23:1; 耶47:4; 耶49:23)23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; (伯6:19; 伯32:2; 伯32:6; 赛21:13; 耶9:26; 耶49:8)24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; (代下9:14; 耶25:20)25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; (王下17:6; 赛11:11; 耶49:34)26all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon[1] shall drink. (耶50:9; 耶51:41)27“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.’ (耶25:16; 结38:21; 哈2:16)28“And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink! (耶49:12)29For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’ (箴11:31; 赛10:12; 耶25:27; 摩3:2; 俄1:16; 彼前4:17)30“You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “‘The Lord will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. (士9:27; 赛16:9; 珥3:16; 摩1:2)31The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the Lord.’ (赛66:16; 何4:1; 珥3:2)32“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! (耶6:22; 耶23:19; 耶30:23)33“And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground. (赛66:16; 耶8:2; 耶16:4)34“Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel. (耶4:8; 耶6:26; 耶23:1)35No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. (耶23:1)36A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste their pasture, (耶4:8; 耶25:35)37and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord. (赛32:18; 耶12:13)38Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.” (伯38:40; 耶25:37; 耶46:16; 耶50:16)