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978 Prophecy of Jeremias

25 And all the kings of Zambri, and all the they shall not be gathered up, nor buried: they
kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes: shall lie as dung upon the face of the earth.
26 And all the kings of the north far and 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle
near, every one against his brother: and all the yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for
kingdoms of the earth, which are upon the face the days of your slaughter and your dispersion
thereof: and the king of Sesac shall drink after are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious
them. vessels.
27 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to
the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Drink ye, flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save them-
and be drunken, and vomit: and fall, and rise no selves.
more, because of the sword, which I shall send 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a
among you. howling of the principal of the flock: because the
28 And if they refuse to take the cup at thy Lord hath wasted their pastures.
hand to drink, thou shalt say to them: Thus 37 And the fields of peace have been silent
saith the Lord of hosts: Drinking you shall drink: because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
29 For behold I begin to bring evil on the city 38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for
wherein my name is called upon: and shall you the land is laid waste because of the wrath of
be as innocent and escape free? you shall not the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the
escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all Lord.
the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of
hosts.
30 And thou shalt prophesy unto them all Chapter 26
these words, and thou shalt say to them: I The
Lord shall roar from on high, and shall utter his In the beginning of the reign of Joakim the son
voice from his holy habitation: roaring he shall of Josias king of Juda, came this word from the
roar upon the place of his beauty: the shout as Lord, saying:
it were of them that tread grapes shall be given 2 Thus saith the Lord: stand in the court of
out against all the inhabitants of the earth. the house of the Lord, and speak to all the cities
31 The noise is come even to the ends of of Juda, out of which they come, to adore in the
the earth: for the Lord entereth into judgment house of the Lord, all the words which I have
with the nations: he entereth into judgment with commanded thee to speak unto them: leave not
all flesh; the wicked I have delivered up to the out one word.
sword, saith the Lord. 3 If so be they will hearken and be converted
32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold evil every one from his evil way; that I may repent
shall go forth from nation to nation: and a great me of the evil that I think to do unto them for
whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the the wickedness of their doings.
earth. 4 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the
33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that Lord: If you will not hearken to me to walk in
day from one end of the earth even to the other my law, which I have given you:
end thereof: they shall not be lamented, and 5 To give ear to the words of my servants the