< Jeremiah 25 >
1 This is the message that came to Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It concerned all the people of Judah.
[the] word which to be upon Jeremiah upon all people Judah in/on/with year [the] fourth to/for Jehoiakim son: child Josiah king Judah he/she/it [the] year [the] first to/for Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon
2 So the prophet Jeremiah went and spoke to all the people of Judah and all of the people living in Jerusalem, telling them:
which to speak: speak Jeremiah [the] prophet upon all people Judah and to(wards) all to dwell Jerusalem to/for to say
3 From the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah until now, twenty-three years in total, messages from the Lord have come to me, and I have told you what he said time and again, but you have not listened.
from three ten year to/for Josiah son: child Amon king Judah and till [the] day: today [the] this this three and twenty year to be word LORD to(wards) me and to speak: speak to(wards) you to rise and to speak: speak and not to hear: hear
4 Even though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you time and again, you don't bother to listen or pay any attention.
and to send: depart LORD to(wards) you [obj] all servant/slave his [the] prophet to rise and to send: depart and not to hear: hear and not to stretch [obj] ear your to/for to hear: hear
5 The consistent message has been: Give up your evil ways and the evil things you're doing so you can live in the country that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever.
to/for to say to return: repent please man: anyone from way: conduct his [the] bad: evil and from evil deed your and to dwell upon [the] land: soil which to give: give LORD to/for you and to/for father your to/for from forever: antiquity and till forever: enduring
6 Don't follow other gods and worship them, and don't anger me by making idols. Then I won't do anything to hurt you.
and not to go: went after God another to/for to serve: minister them and to/for to bow to/for them and not to provoke [obj] me in/on/with deed: work hand your and not be evil to/for you
7 But you've hurt yourselves by not listening to me, declares the Lord, because you angered me by making idols.
and not to hear: hear to(wards) me utterance LORD because (to provoke me *Q(K)*) in/on/with deed: work hand your to/for bad: evil to/for you
8 So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Because you have not obeyed what I told you,
to/for so thus to say LORD Hosts because which not to hear: obey [obj] word my
9 watch as I summon all the people of the north, declares the Lord. I'm going to send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to attack this country and the people who live here, and all the surrounding nations. I will set them apart for destruction. I'm going to totally destroy you, and people will be horrified at what's happened to you and will mock you.
look! I to send: depart and to take: bring [obj] all family north utterance LORD and to(wards) Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon servant/slave my and to come (in): bring them upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this and upon to dwell her and upon all [the] nation [the] these around and to devote/destroy them and to set: make them to/for horror: appalled and to/for hissing and to/for desolation forever: enduring
10 I will also put a stop to the cheerful sounds of celebration and the happy voices of the bride and bridegroom. No noise will come from millstones being used; no lamps will be lit.
and to perish from them voice rejoicing and voice joy voice son-in-law and voice daughter-in-law: bride voice: sound millstone and light lamp
11 This whole country will become an empty wasteland, and Judah and these other nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
and to be all [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for desolation to/for horror: destroyed and to serve [the] nation [the] these [obj] king Babylon seventy year
12 However, when these seventy years are over, I'm going to punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the country of Babylonia, for their sin, declares the Lord. I will completely destroy them.
and to be like/as to fill seventy year to reckon: punish upon king Babylon and upon [the] nation [the] he/she/it utterance LORD [obj] iniquity: crime their and upon land: country/planet Chaldea and to set: make [obj] him to/for devastation forever: enduring
13 I will bring down on that country everything I threatened to do, everything that's written in this book which Jeremiah prophesied against all the different nations.
(and to come (in): bring *Q(k)*) upon [the] land: country/planet [the] he/she/it [obj] all word my which to speak: speak upon her [obj] all [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] this which to prophesy Jeremiah upon all [the] nation
14 Many nations and powerful kings will make slaves of them, the Babylonians, and I will pay them back for the evil they've done.
for to serve in/on/with them also they(masc.) nation many and king great: large and to complete to/for them like/as work their and like/as deed: work hand their
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, told me: Take this cup I'm handing to you. It contains the wine of my anger. You are to make all the nations I send you to drink from it.
for thus to say LORD God Israel to(wards) me to take: take [obj] cup [the] wine [the] rage [the] this from hand my and to water: drink [obj] him [obj] all [the] nation which I to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) them
16 They will drink and stumble around and go mad because of the war brought by the armies I'm sending to attack them.
and to drink and to shake and to be foolish from face: because [the] sword which I to send: depart between: among them
17 I took the cup the Lord handed to me and made all the nations he sent me to drink from it:
and to take: take [obj] [the] cup from hand LORD and to water: drink [obj] all [the] nation which to send: depart me LORD to(wards) them
18 To Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, destroying them so that people were horrified at what happened to them and mocked them and cursed them (and they are still like this today);
[obj] Jerusalem and [obj] city Judah and [obj] king her [obj] ruler her to/for to give: make [obj] them to/for desolation to/for horror: destroyed to/for hissing and to/for curse like/as day: today [the] this
19 to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his officials, leaders, all his people
[obj] Pharaoh king Egypt and [obj] servant/slave his and [obj] ruler his and [obj] all people his
20 and all the foreigners living there; to all the kings of the country of Uz; to all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what's left of Ashdod;
and [obj] all [the] racial-mix and [obj] all king land: country/planet [the] Uz and [obj] all king land: country/planet Philistine and [obj] Ashkelon and [obj] Gaza and [obj] Ekron and [obj] remnant Ashdod
21 to Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
[obj] Edom and [obj] Moab and [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon
22 to all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; to the kings of the Mediterranean sea coast;
and [obj] all king Tyre and [obj] all king Sidon and [obj] king [the] coastland which in/on/with side: beyond [the] sea
23 to Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who trim their hair on the sides of their heads;
and [obj] Dedan and [obj] Tema and [obj] Buz and [obj] all to cut side
24 to all the kings of Arabia; and to all the kings of the different tribes living in the desert;
and [obj] all king Arabia and [obj] all king [the] Arabia [the] to dwell in/on/with wilderness
25 to all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
and [obj] all king Zimri and [obj] all king Elam and [obj] all king Media
26 to all the kings of the north; in fact to all the kingdoms on earth whether close or far away, one after another. After all of them, the king of Babylon will drink it too.
and [obj] all king [the] north [the] near and [the] distant man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his and [obj] all [the] kingdom [the] land: country/planet which upon face: surface [the] land: planet and king Babylon to drink after them
27 Tell them this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, make yourselves drunk, and vomit. Because of the war you'll be killed, falling down never to get up again.
and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel to drink and be drunk and to vomit and to fall: fall and not to arise: rise from face: because [the] sword which I to send: depart between: among you
28 If they should refuse to take the cup and drink from it, tell them that this is what the Lord Almighty says: You can't avoid drinking it—you have to!
and to be for to refuse to/for to take: recieve [the] cup from hand your to/for to drink and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD Hosts to drink to drink
29 Can't you see that I'm about to bring disaster down on my own city, so do you really think you wouldn't be punished as well? You won't go unpunished, for I am bringing war to everyone on earth, declares the Lord Almighty.
for behold in/on/with city which to call: call to name my upon her I to profane/begin: begin to/for be evil and you(m. p.) to clear to clear not to clear for sword I to call: call to upon all to dwell [the] land: country/planet utterance LORD Hosts
30 Give this whole message as a prophecy against them. Tell them: The Lord will thunder from high above. He will thunder loudly from the holy place where he lives. He will give a great roar against the sheepfolds. He will give a loud shout like people treading the grapes, frightening everyone who lives on earth.
and you(m. s.) to prophesy to(wards) them [obj] all [the] word [the] these and to say to(wards) them LORD from height to roar and from habitation holiness his to give: cry out voice his to roar to roar upon pasture his shout like/as to tread to sing to(wards) all to dwell [the] land: country/planet
31 The sound will reach everywhere on the earth because the Lord is accusing the nations. He is judging everyone, executing the wicked, declares the Lord.
to come (in): come roar till end [the] land: country/planet for strife to/for LORD in/on/with nation to judge he/she/it to/for all flesh [the] wicked to give: put them to/for sword utterance LORD
32 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Watch out! Disaster is falling on one nation after another; an immense storm is building up in the far distance.
thus to say LORD Hosts behold distress: harm to come out: come from nation to(wards) nation and tempest great: large to rouse from flank land: country/planet
33 Those killed by the Lord at that time will cover the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn them, or collect them, or bury them. They will be like piles of manure lying on the ground.
and to be slain: killed LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it from end [the] land: country/planet and till end [the] land: country/planet not to mourn and not to gather and not to bury to/for dung upon face: surface [the] land: soil to be
34 Cry out and weep, you shepherds! Roll around on the ground mourning, you leaders of the flock. The time for you to be killed has come; you will fall, smashed like the finest pottery.
to wail [the] to pasture and to cry out and to wallow great [the] flock for to fill day your to/for to slaughter and dispersion your and to fall: fall like/as article/utensil desire
35 The shepherds won't be able to run away; the leaders of the flock won't escape.
and to perish refuge from [the] to pasture and survivor from great [the] flock
36 Listen to the cries of the shepherds, the weeping of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasturelands.
voice cry [the] to pasture and wailing great [the] flock for to ruin LORD [obj] pasturing their
37 The peaceful sheepfolds have been ruined because of the Lord's fierce anger.
and to silence: destroyed habitation [the] peace from face: because burning anger face: anger LORD
38 The Lord has left his den like a lion, because their country has been devastated by the invading armies, and because of the Lord's fierce anger.
to leave: forsake like/as lion lair his for to be land: country/planet their to/for horror: destroyed from face: because burning anger [the] to oppress and from face: because burning anger face: anger his