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CHAPTER 25
Captive Judah shall serve Babylon seventy years—Divers nations shall
be overthrown—In the last days all the inhabitants of the earth shall
be at war.
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1 THE 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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 From the thirteenth ayear of
Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the
three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have
spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
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4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants
the aprophetsa,
rising early and sending them; but ye have not
hearkeneda, nor inclined your ear
to hear.
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
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4a the LORD hath sent unto you all his
servants the prophets ... but ye have not hearkened This was the
state of Jerusalem in Jeremiah's day which lead unto Jerusalem's destruction.
Now again today the LORD has sent among men all his servants the prophet with
the guiding word of the Lord. And again there are many who do not hearken
unto the warning and guiding words of the prophets. Even when the First
Presidency of the Church sents out word by way of the Church organization such
messages there are many who do not hearken, hear and do as they warn them to
do. Such is the case concerning the divine status which marriage is to be
maintained among us. And in opposition to the Presidency and Prophets of the
church many have come out in opposition to the Lord's and Church's stated
postion in respect to the state of marriage between a man and a woman. Are not
these like unto the Jew's who were rippening unto destruction? Yea! And unless
they repent, they must answer for their opposition. It is one thing to be
guilty of sin, to recognize it as sin and seek to repent of that sin and gain
the Lord's forgiveness. It is quite another to come out in opposition to the
church, the prophets of God, and to call evil good and fail to recognize sin
for what sin is. Those who support sin and the sinful ways of the world will
have the wrath of God against such state of sin to pay for their hypocracy.
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8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Because ye have not aheard my words,
9 Behold, I will asend and take all
the families of the north, saith the LORD, and
bNebuchadrezzar the king of cBabylon, my
servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly
ddestroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an
hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of
amirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the
light of the candle.
11 And this whole land shall be a desolation,
and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the
aking of Babylon bseventy years.
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12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when
aseventy years are accomplished, that I will
bpunish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the
LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it
perpetual desolations.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great kings shall
aserve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them
according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
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15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto
me; Take the wine acup of this fury at my hand, and cause
all the bnations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the acup at the
LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent
me:
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18 aTo wit, Jerusalem, and
the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make
them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is
this day;
19 aPharaoh king of
bEgypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
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20 And all the amingled people, and
all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the
bPhilistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the
remnant of Ashdod,
21 aEdom, and
bMoab, and the children of Ammon,
22 And all the kings of aTyrus, and
all the kings of bZidon, and the kings of the isles which
are beyond the sea,
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23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the anorth,
far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which
are upon the face of the earth: and the king of
bSheshach shall drink after them.
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27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be
adrunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of
the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at
thine hand to adrink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
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29 For, lo, I abegin to bring evil
on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished?
Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the
inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these
words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his
voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily aroar
upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the
grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the
earth; for the LORD hath a acontroversy with the nations,
he will bplead with all flesh; he will give them that
are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
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32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall
go forth from nation to nation, and a great awhirlwind
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the aslain of the LORD shall
be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other
end of the earth: they shall not be blamented, neither
gathered, nor cburied; they shall be dung upon the
ground.
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34 ¶ Howl, ye ashepherds, and
cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock:
for the days of your slaughter and of your bdispersions are
accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
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37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
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