Jeremiah 25 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam, de omni populo Juda, in anno quarto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda (ipse est annus primus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis),
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 (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
2 quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad omnem populum Juda, et ad universos habitatores Jerusalem, dicens:
2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
3 A tertiodecimo anno Josiæ filii Amon regis Juda, usque ad diem hanc, iste tertius et vigesimus annus, factum est verbum Domini ad me, et locutus sum ad vos, de nocte consurgens et loquens, et non audistis.
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, Yahweh’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
4 Et misit Dominus ad vos omnes servos suos prophetas, consurgens diluculo, mittensque: et non audistis, neque inclinastis aures vestras ut audiretis,
4 Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear),
5 cum diceret: Revertimini unusquisque a via sua mala, et a pessimis cogitationibus vestris, et habitabitis in terra quam dedit Dominus vobis et patribus vestris, a sæculo et usque in sæculum:
5 saying, “Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forever more.
6 et nolite ire post deos alienos, ut serviatis eis, adoretisque eos: neque me ad iracundiam provocetis in operibus manuum vestrarum, et non affligam vos.
6 Don’t go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don’t provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; then I will do you no harm.”
7 Et non audistis me, dicit Dominus, ut me ad iracundiam provocaretis in operibus manuum vestrarum, in malum vestrum.
7 “Yet you have not listened to me,” says Yahweh, “that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.”
8 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Pro eo quod non audistis verba mea,
8 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says: “Because you have not heard my words,
9 ecce ego mittam et assumam universas cognationes aquilonis, ait Dominus, et Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum, et adducam eos super terram istam, et super habitatores ejus, et super omnes nationes quæ in circuitu illius sunt: et interficiam eos, et ponam eos in stuporem et in sibilum, et in solitudines sempiternas.
9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,” says Yahweh, “and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around. I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 Perdamque ex eis vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ, vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ, vocem molæ et lumen lucernæ.
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth 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 lamp.
11 Et erit universa terra hæc in solitudinem, et in stuporem: et servient omnes gentes istæ regi Babylonis septuaginta annis.
11 This whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 Cumque impleti fuerint septuaginta anni, visitabo super regem Babylonis et super gentem illam, dicit Dominus, iniquitatem eorum, et super terram Chaldæorum, et ponam illam in solitudines sempiternas.
12 “It will happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,” says Yahweh, “for their iniquity. I will make the land of the Chaldeans desolate forever.
13◆ Et adducam super terram illam omnia verba mea, quæ locutus sum contra eam, omne quod scriptum est in libro isto, quæcumque prophetavit Jeremias adversum omnes gentes:
13 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
14 quia servierunt eis, cum essent gentes multæ, et reges magni: et reddam eis secundum opera eorum, et secundum facta manuum suarum.
14 For many nations and great kings will make bondservants of them, even of them. I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.”
15 Quia sic dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Sume calicem vini furoris hujus de manu mea, et propinabis de illo cunctis gentibus ad quas ego mittam te.
15 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
16 Et bibent, et turbabuntur et insanient a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter eos.
16 They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
17 Et accepi calicem de manu Domini, et propinavi cunctis gentibus ad quas misit me Dominus,
17 Then I took the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
18 Jerusalem, et civitatibus Juda, et regibus ejus, et principibus ejus, ut darem eos in solitudinem, et in stuporem, et in sibilum, et in maledictionem, sicut est dies ista:
18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today;
19 Pharaoni regi Ægypti, et servis ejus, et principibus ejus, et omni populo ejus:
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes, and all his people;
20 et universis generaliter: cunctis regibus terræ Ausitidis, et cunctis regibus terræ Philisthiim, et Ascaloni, et Gazæ, et Accaron, et reliquiis Azoti:
20 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 et Idumææ, et Moab, et filiis Ammon:
21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;
22 et cunctis regibus Tyri, et universis regibus Sidonis, et regibus terræ insularum qui sunt trans mare:
22 and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
23 et Dedan, et Thema, et Buz, et universis qui attonsi sunt in comam:
23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;
24 et cunctis regibus Arabiæ, et cunctis regibus occidentis, qui habitant in deserto:
24 and all the kings of Arabia, all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
25 et cunctis regibus Zambri, et cunctis regibus Elam, et cunctis regibus Medorum:
25 and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
26 cunctis quoque regibus aquilonis, de prope et de longe, unicuique contra fratrem suum: et omnibus regnis terræ quæ super faciem ejus sunt: et rex Sesach bibet post eos.
26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth. The king of Sheshach will drink after them.
27 Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Bibite, et inebriamini, et vomite: et cadite, neque surgatis a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter vos.
27 “You shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.”’
28 Cumque noluerint accipere calicem de manu tua ut bibant, dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Bibentes bibetis:
28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “You shall surely drink.
29 quia ecce in civitate in qua invocatum est nomen meum ego incipiam affligere, et vos quasi innocentes et immunes eritis? non eritis immunes: gladium enim ego voco super omnes habitatores terræ, dicit Dominus exercituum.
29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You will not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.”’
30 Et tu prophetabis ad eos omnia verba hæc, et dices ad illos: [Dominus de excelso rugiet, et de habitaculo sancto suo dabit vocem suam: rugiens rugiet super decorem suum: celeuma quasi calcantium concinetur adversus omnes habitatores terræ.
30 “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and tell them, “‘Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will mightily roar against his fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 Pervenit sonitus usque ad extrema terræ, quia judicium Domino cum gentibus: judicatur ipse cum omni carne. Impios tradidi gladio, dicit Dominus.
31 A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,”’ says Yahweh.”
32 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce afflictio egredietur de gente in gentem, et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terræ.
32 Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, evil will go out from nation to nation, and a great storm will be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.”
33 Et erunt interfecti Domini in die illa, a summo terræ usque ad summum ejus: non plangentur, et non colligentur, neque sepelientur: in sterquilinium super faciem terræ jacebunt.
33 The slain of Yahweh will be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They won’t be lamented. They won’t be gathered or buried. They will be dung on the surface of the ground.
34 Ululate, pastores, et clamate, et aspergite vos cinere, optimates gregis: quia completi sunt dies vestri ut interficiamini, et dissipationes vestræ: et cadetis quasi vasa pretiosa.
34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you will fall like fine pottery.
35 Et peribit fuga a pastoribus, et salvatio ab optimatibus gregis.
35 The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape.
36 Vox clamoris pastorum, et ululatus optimatum gregis, quia vastavit Dominus pascua eorum:
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leader of the flock, for Yahweh destroys their pasture.
37 et conticuerunt arva pacis a facie iræ furoris Domini.
37 The peaceful folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.
38 Dereliquit quasi leo umbraculum suum, quia facta est terra eorum in desolationem a facie iræ columbæ, et a facie iræ furoris Domini.]
38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger.
Cross references (37)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 36:1; 2 Kings 24:1–2; Jeremiah 46:2; Daniel 1:1
- 2 Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 26:2; Psalm 49:1–2; Jeremiah 38:1–2; Jeremiah 35:13
- 3 Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 29:19
- 4 Jeremiah 25:3; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 32:33; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Jeremiah 22:21
- 5 Jeremiah 7:7; Genesis 17:8; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 17:25; Jonah 3:8–10
- 6 Deuteronomy 8:19; 1 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 17:35; Deuteronomy 6:14; Jeremiah 35:15
- 7 2 Kings 21:15; Proverbs 8:36; Deuteronomy 32:21; 2 Kings 17:17; Jeremiah 7:18–19
- 9 Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 18:16; Isaiah 13:3; Habakkuk 1:6–10; Ezekiel 29:18–20
- 10 Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Ezekiel 26:13; Revelation 18:22–23; Jeremiah 33:10–11
- 11 Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 1:12; Jeremiah 25:12; 2 Chronicles 36:21–22; Zechariah 7:5
- 12 Isaiah 13:19; Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 51:62–64; Jeremiah 50:1–46
- 13 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 1:5; Daniel 5:28; Revelation 10:11; Daniel 5:31
- 14 Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 50:41; Isaiah 66:6
- 15 Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Job 21:20; Revelation 14:10; Jeremiah 51:7
- 16 Jeremiah 51:7; Nahum 3:11; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 25:27; Revelation 14:10
- 17 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 25:28; Jeremiah 46:1–28; Ezekiel 43:3; Jeremiah 27:3
- 18 Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 44:22; Psalm 60:3; Isaiah 51:17–22; 2 Kings 22:19
- 19 Jeremiah 46:2; Nahum 3:8–10; Jeremiah 46:13–26; Ezekiel 29:1–21; Jeremiah 43:9–11
- 20 Job 1:1; Ezekiel 30:5; Lamentations 4:21; Jeremiah 50:37; Isaiah 20:1
- 21 Jeremiah 48:1–49:22; Jeremiah 9:26; Psalm 137:7; Amos 1:11–2:3; Ezekiel 32:29
- 22 Jeremiah 47:4; Zechariah 9:1–4; Joel 3:4–8; Jeremiah 31:10; Jeremiah 27:3
- 23 Jeremiah 9:26; Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 49:32; Job 6:19; Genesis 22:21
- 24 2 Chronicles 9:14; Jeremiah 25:20; Ezekiel 30:5; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 49:28–33
- 25 Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 49:34–39; Jeremiah 51:11
- 26 Jeremiah 51:41; Jeremiah 25:9; Isaiah 13:1–14; Daniel 5:1–31; Jeremiah 50:1–46
- 27 Jeremiah 25:16; Habakkuk 2:16; Isaiah 51:21; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 21:4–5
- 28 Job 34:33; Isaiah 14:24–27; Jeremiah 49:12; Daniel 4:35; Acts 4:28
- 29 1 Peter 4:17; Ezekiel 38:21; Proverbs 11:31; 1 Kings 8:43; Obadiah 16
- 30 Amos 1:2; Isaiah 42:13; Joel 3:16; Isaiah 16:9; Psalm 78:65
- 31 Hosea 4:1; Joel 3:2; Isaiah 66:16; Micah 6:2; Ezekiel 20:35–36
- 32 Isaiah 34:2; Jeremiah 23:19; 2 Chronicles 15:6; Jeremiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:30
- 33 Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 79:3; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 16:4–7
- 34 Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 27:7; Lamentations 4:21; Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 34:16–17
- 35 Job 11:20; Amos 2:14; Jeremiah 38:18; Jeremiah 52:24–27; Jeremiah 38:23
- 36 Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 25:34
- 37 Isaiah 27:10–11; Isaiah 32:14
- 38 Jeremiah 4:7; Hosea 13:7–8; Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 5:14; Zechariah 2:3
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Jeremiah: a shorter book in a different order
The Greek Septuagint of Jeremiah is markedly shorter than the Hebrew text and arranges the book differently: the oracles against the nations come in the middle, after 25:13, not at the end. Hebrew fragments from Qumran show that a shorter Hebrew form of Jeremiah really existed. Many scholars think Jeremiah circulated in two editions.
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