Jeremias 25

BLIVRE · Chapter 25/52

1Palavra que veio a Jeremias quanto a todo o povo de Judá, no quarto ano de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, (o qual é o primeiro ano de Nabucodonosor rei de Babilônia);

2A qual o profeta Jeremias falou a todo o povo de Judá, e a todos os moradores de Jerusalém, dizendo:

3Desde o ano treze de Josias, filho de Amom, rei de Judá, até este dia, isto é, há vinte e três anos, tem vindo a mim a palavra do SENHOR; e eu tenho vos falado, insistentemente vos falando; porém vós não escutastes.

4E o SENHOR enviou a vós todos seus servos os profetas, insistentemente os enviando; porém vos não escutastes, nem inclinastes vossos ouvidos para escutar,

5Quando diziam: Convertei-vos agora, cada um de seu mau caminho, e da maldade de vossas ações, e habitai na terra que o SENHOR deu a vós e a vossos pais para todo o sempre;

6E não segui deuses estrangeiros, para os servirdes e encurvardes a eles, nem me provoqueis à ira com a obra de vossas mãos; para que eu não vos faça mal.

7Porém vós não me destes ouvidos, diz o SENHOR, para me provocardes à ira com a obra de vossas mãos, para o vosso mal.

8Portanto assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Visto quanto não tendes ouvido minhas palavras,

9Eis que eu enviarei, e tomarei a todas as famílias do norte, diz o SENHOR, e a Nabucodonosor rei de Babilônia, meu servo, e os trarei contra esta terra, e contra seus moradores, e contra todas estas nações ao redor; e os destruirei, e os farei de espanto, assovio, e de desolações perpétuas.

10E eliminarei dentre eles a voz de júbilo e voz de alegria, voz de noivo e voz de noiva, o ruído das pedras de moer, e a luz de lâmpada.

11E toda esta terra se tornará em desolação, [e] em espanto; e estas nações servirão ao rei da Babilônia [por] setenta anos.

12E será que, quando os setenta anos forem completados, punirei ao rei da Babilônia e àquela nação por sua maldade, diz o SENHOR, assim como a terra dos Caldeus; e a tornarei em desolações para sempre.

13E trarei sobre aquela terra todas as minhas palavras que falado contra ela: tudo o que está escrito neste livro, que Jeremias profetizou contra todas as nações.

14Porque também deles se servirão muitas nações e grandes reis; assim lhes pagarei conforme seus feitos, conforme a obra de suas mãos.

15Porque assim me disse o SENHOR Deus de Israel: Toma de minha mão este copo de vinho do [meu] furor, e dá de beber dele a todas as nações às quais eu te envio.

16E beberão, tremerão, e enlouquecerão, por causa da espada que eu envio entre eles.

17E eu tomei o copo da mão do SENHOR, e dei de beber a todas as nações às quais o SENHOR tinha me enviado:

18A Jerusalém, às cidades de Judá; e a seus reis e seus príncipes, para torná-los em desolação, em espanto, em assovio, e em maldição, tal como é hoje;

19A Faraó rei do Egito, e a seus servos, seus príncipes, e a todo o seu povo;

20E a todas os [povos ali] misturados; e a todos os reis da terra de Uz, e a todos os reis da terra dos filisteus, e a Asquelom, Gaza, e Ecrom; e aos restantes de Asdode;

21A Edom, Moabe, e aos filhos de Amom;

22E a todos os reis de Tiro, e a todos os reis da Sidom, e aos reis dos litorais que estão além do mar;

23E a Dedã, e Tema, e Buz, e a todos os dos cantos mais distantes.

24E a todos os reis de Arábia, e a todos os reis dos povos misturados que habitam no deserto;

25E a todos os reis de Zinri, e a todos os reis de Elão, e a todos os reis de Média;

26E a todos os reis do norte, os de perto e os de longe, tanto uns como os outros; e a todos os reinos da terra que estão sobre a face da terra; e o rei de Sesaque beberá depois deles.

27Pois tu lhes dirás: Assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Bebei, e embriagai-vos, vomitai, caí, e não vos levanteis, por causa da espada que eu envio entre vós.

28E será que, se não querem tomar o copo de tua mão para beber, então tu lhes dirás: Assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Certamente bebereis;

29Pois eis que na cidade que se chama pelo meu nome eu começo a castigar; e vós ficaríeis impunes? Não ficareis impunes, porque eu estou chamando espada contra todos os moradores da terra, diz o SENHOR dos exércitos.

30Tu, pois, profetizarás a eles todas estas palavras, e lhes dirás: O SENHOR bramará desde o alto, e levantará sua voz a sua santa morada; bramará intensamente sobre sua morada; dará forte grito, tal como os que pisam as uvas, contra todos os moradores da terra.

31Chegará o estrondo até o extremo da terra; porque o SENHOR disputa com as nações; entrará em juízo com todos; [e] entregará os perversos à espada, diz o SENHOR.

32Assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Eis que a calamidade sai de nação em nação, e uma grande tempestade se levantará desde os confins da terra.

33E os mortos pelo SENHOR naquele dia serão desde um extremo da terra até o outro extremo; não serão lamentados, nem recolhidos, nem sepultados; serão como esterco sobre a face da terra.

34Uivai, pastores, e clamai; e revolvei-vos [na cinza] , líderes do rebanho; porque já se cumpriram vossos dias para serdes mortos; e sereis dispersos e caireis como um vaso precioso.

35E não haverá meio de fuga para os pastores, nem escape para os líderes do rebanho.

36Haverá voz do grito dos pastores, e uivo dos lideres do rebanho; porque o SENHOR assolou os seus pastos.

37E as pastagens quietas serão devastadas por causa do furor da ira do SENHOR.

38Ele deixou seu abrigo tal como filhote de leão; pois assolada foi a terra deles, pelo furor do opressor, e pelo furor de sua ira.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Jeremiah announces that the people will serve Babylon for seventy years as punishment, but after that period Babylon itself will also be judged. The prophecy extends to all the neighboring nations.

Explanation

This chapter marks a structural turning point in the book: from here on, the focus begins to include judgments against foreign nations, not just Judah. The 'seventy years' of Babylonian rule became one of the most precise and often-cited prophecies in the Bible, later confirmed in Daniel 9:2 and fulfilled with the return of the exiles under the decree of Cyrus of Persia. The image of the 'cup of fury' that all nations must drink shows that the announced judgment was not for Judah alone — Babylon, the instrument of punishment, would also eventually be judged for its own pride and violence.

Fun facts

  • The 'seventy years' of exile are generally counted from 605 BC (the first deportation) to 536 BC (the return after Cyrus's decree), matching historical records and the book of Ezra.
  • 'Sheshach,' mentioned at the end of the list of nations, is a coded cipher (using a system called 'atbash') for 'Babel' (Babylon) — a discreet way of naming the dominant empire of the time.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Jeremias 25:1Dates the speech precisely: the year 605 BC, when Babylon, under Nebuchadrezzar, was beginning to become the great power that would dominate the whole region.
  2. Jeremias 25:2Confirms that this particular message was addressed to the whole nation, not just a limited group — a summary speech of Jeremiah’s entire prophetic career up to that point.
  3. Jeremias 25:3Jeremiah takes stock of 23 years of prophetic ministry, since his initial call during Josiah’s reign, showing that the warnings had gone back a long time, not a sudden new thing.
  4. Jeremias 25:4Broadens the picture: it wasn’t just Jeremiah, but an unbroken succession of prophets across decades, all ignored the same way.
  5. Jeremias 25:5Sums up the basic, repeated content of all these prophetic messages: a simple call to repentance, with the promise of remaining in the promised land.
  6. Jeremias 25:6Details the specific condition repeated by every prophet: abandon idolatry, to avoid provoking the very disaster their unfaithfulness was attracting.
  7. Jeremias 25:7Confirms that, despite so many warnings across generations, the final result was always the same: disobedience that brought harm on the people themselves.
  8. Jeremias 25:8A transition formula introducing the final sentence after the whole record of disobedience just presented.
  9. Jeremias 25:9Directly names Nebuchadrezzar as God’s instrument, surprisingly called “my servant” — even as a pagan king, he fulfills the role of carrying out divine judgment.
  10. Jeremias 25:10Describes the end of ordinary daily life: even the mundane sounds of everyday life, like the noise of the grinding millstones or the light of a lit lamp, will disappear.
  11. Jeremias 25:11The seventy years became a chronological landmark repeated in other texts (2 Chronicles 36:21, Daniel 9:2). It is not an exact count, but a round way of saying an entire generation, before Babylon itself would also be judged.
  12. Jeremias 25:12After the seventy years of dominance announced in the previous verse, it becomes Babylon’s own turn to be judged for its excesses — the instrument of punishment must also answer for itself.
  13. Jeremias 25:13A direct reference to the book of Jeremiah itself being written — a rare, self-aware mention that the prophecies against various nations are being put down in writing.
  14. Jeremias 25:14Announces that Babylon itself will be dominated by other nations in the future, which indeed happened with the Persian conquest — no one escapes accountability for their own actions.
  15. Jeremias 25:15The cup of fury that the nations are forced to drink is an image of forced drunkenness: just as wine takes away the control of someone who drinks too much, God’s judgment will leave these nations staggering and falling, with no escape. The list of nations shows that the judgment was not only against Judah, but regional.
  16. Jeremias 25:16Explains the effect of the “cup of fury” mentioned in the previous verse: an image of forced drunkenness representing the chaos and despair caused by war.
  17. Jeremias 25:17Jeremiah recounts carrying out the symbolic enactment, metaphorically handing this “cup of judgment” to each of the nations listed in the following verses.
  18. Jeremias 25:18Begins the long list of nations that will drink from the judgment, starting with Judah itself — judgment begins at home before it extends to the neighbors.
  19. Jeremias 25:19Includes Egypt in the list of judged nations — even though it was a superpower of the time, it too will face the consequences announced by God.
  20. Jeremias 25:20Continues the list, including smaller peoples of the region, like the Philistine cities — the judgment spares neither great empires nor small neighboring kingdoms.
  21. Jeremias 25:21Lists three nations neighboring Judah, on the other side of the Jordan River, with whom the people had a history of conflicts and alliances over the centuries.
  22. Jeremias 25:22Includes the Phoenician cities, famous for their maritime trade, and even distant territories across the Mediterranean Sea in the list of judgment.
  23. Jeremias 25:23Mentions Arab peoples of the desert, known for their caravan trade, reinforcing that the judgment reaches even the most remote, least-known regions.
  24. Jeremias 25:24Continues extending the list to nomadic peoples of the Arabian desert region, showing the almost universal reach of the announced judgment.
  25. Jeremias 25:25Includes even more distant kingdoms like Elam and Media, territories that would later become part of the future Persian empire — no nation of the time is left out.
  26. Jeremias 25:26Closes the list with one final reference to all the nations of the north — “Sheshach” is a secret code for Babylon itself, which will drink last from this judgment.
  27. Jeremias 25:27Returns to the image of forced drunkenness to describe the devastating, final effect of judgment on all these listed nations.
  28. Jeremias 25:28Makes clear that this judgment is not optional: even if some nation resists, the carrying out of the sentence is guaranteed, with no escape.
  29. Jeremias 25:29Argues that if even Jerusalem, the city chosen by God, did not escape judgment, no other nation would have grounds to consider itself exempt.
  30. Jeremias 25:30Describes God roaring like a lion from heaven, a powerful image of universal judgment, compared ironically to the joy of those treading grapes at harvest.
  31. Jeremias 25:31Broadens the judgment to a universal scope, described as a legal case brought by God against all humanity, not just against Judah or its immediate neighbors.
  32. Jeremias 25:32Describes the judgment spreading like a storm moving from one place to another, striking nation after nation in sequence.
  33. Jeremias 25:33Repeats the shocking image of unburied bodies, already used several times in the book, now on a global scale instead of confined to Judah alone.
  34. Jeremias 25:34Returns to the image of the “shepherds,” the political leaders of the nations, calling them to mourning because they too will be broken, like a precious vessel shattering.
  35. Jeremias 25:35Confirms that not even the most powerful, respected leaders will manage to escape the universal judgment being announced.
  36. Jeremias 25:36Describes the audible despair of these leaders as they realize they have completely lost their territories and power, compared to shepherds who have lost their own pasture.
  37. Jeremias 25:37Even the places that seemed safe and peaceful for these peoples will be uprooted, because of the intensity of the divine judgment.
  38. Jeremias 25:38Closes the chapter with one final image: God abandons His temporary shelter, like a lion leaving its den, because the whole land has been devastated by the violence of the judgment.

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