Jeremiah 46:1 References

1 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet aconcerning the nations.

a Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 25:15-38

Jeremiah 1

10 "See, aI have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, bTo pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, cTo build and to plant."

Jeremiah 25

15 For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this acup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
16 "They will adrink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them."
17 Then I took the cup from the Lord'S hand and amade all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
18 aJerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;
19 aPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people;
20 and all the aforeign people, all the kings of the bland of Uz, all the kings of the land of the cPhilistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of dAshdod);
21 aEdom, bMoab and the sons of cAmmon;
22 and all the kings of aTyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of bthe coastlands which are beyond the sea;
23 and aDedan, Tema, bBuz and all who ccut the corners of their hair;
24 and all the kings of aArabia and all the kings of the bforeign people who dwell in the desert;
25 and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of aElam and all the kings of bMedia;
26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and aall the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of bSheshach shall drink after them.
27 "You shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "aDrink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the bsword which I will send among you."'
28 "And it will be, if they arefuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "bYou shall surely drink!
29 "For behold, I am abeginning to work calamity in this city which is bcalled by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for cI am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," declares the Lord of hosts.'
30 "Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, 'The aLord will broar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 'A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the Lord has aa controversy with the nations. He is entering into bjudgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,' declares the Lord."
32 Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, evil is going forth From anation to nation, And a great bstorm is being stirred up From the remotest parts of the earth.
33 "Those aslain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will bnot be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like cdung on the face of the ground.
34 "Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And awallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your bslaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel.
35 "aFlight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.
36 "Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the Lord is destroying their pasture,
37 "And the peaceful afolds are made silent Because of the bfierce anger of the Lord.
38 "He has left His hiding place alike the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger."