ὅσα ἐπροφήτευσεν Ιερεμιας ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη
These are the things Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ λαβὲ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ ἀκράτου τούτου ἐκ χειρός μου καὶ ποτιεῖς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη πρὸς ἃ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σε πρὸς αὐτούς
Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Take this cup of unmixed wine from my hand, and you shall make all the nations drink to whom I am sending you.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
καὶ πίονται καὶ ἐξεμοῦνται καὶ μανήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μαχαίρας ἧς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν
And they shall drink and vomit and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ ποτήριον ἐκ χειρὸς κυρίου καὶ ἐπότισα τὰ ἔθνη πρὸς ἃ ἀπέστειλέν με κύριος ἐπ' αὐτά
So I took the cup from the hand of the Lord and made the nations drink, all those to whom the Lord sent me.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
τὴν Ιερουσαλημ καὶ τὰς πόλεις Ιουδα καὶ βασιλεῖς Ιουδα καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτοῦ τοῦ θεῖναι αὐτὰς εἰς ἐρήμωσιν καὶ εἰς ἄβατον καὶ εἰς συριγμὸν
Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and the kings of Judah and his rulers, to make them a desolation and a waste and a hissing.
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
καὶ τὸν Φαραω βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς μεγιστᾶνας αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ
And Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants and his nobles and all his people.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ πάντας τοὺς συμμίκτους αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἀλλοφύλων τὴν Ἀσκαλῶνα καὶ τὴν Γάζαν καὶ τὴν Ακκαρων καὶ τὸ ἐπίλοιπον Ἀζώτου
And all his mixed peoples, and all the kings of the foreigners, Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
καὶ τὴν Ιδουμαίαν καὶ τὴν Μωαβῖτιν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Αμμων
And Idumea and Moab and the sons of Ammon.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
καὶ πάντας βασιλεῖς Τύρου καὶ βασιλεῖς Σιδῶνος καὶ βασιλεῖς τοὺς ἐν τῷ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης
And all the kings of Tyre and the kings of Sidon and the kings across the sea.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ τὴν Δαιδαν καὶ τὴν Θαιμαν καὶ τὴν Ρως καὶ πᾶν περικεκαρμένον κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ
And Dedan and Teman and Rosh and everyone shaven in front.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ πάντας τοὺς συμμίκτους τοὺς καταλύοντας ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ
And all the mixed peoples who dwell in the wilderness.
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
καὶ πάντας βασιλεῖς Αιλαμ καὶ πάντας βασιλεῖς Περσῶν
And all the kings of Elam and all the kings of the Persians.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
καὶ πάντας βασιλεῖς ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου τοὺς πόρρω καὶ τοὺς ἐγγύς ἕκαστον πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τὰς ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς
And all the kings from the east, both far and near, each one against his brother, and all the kingdoms that are on the face of the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος παντοκράτωρ πίετε καὶ μεθύσθητε καὶ ἐξεμέσατε καὶ πεσεῖσθε καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀναστῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μαχαίρας ἧς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ἀνὰ μέσον ὑμῶν
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Drink and become drunk and vomit and fall, and by no means rise again, because of the sword that I am sending among you.
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
καὶ ἔσται ὅταν μὴ βούλωνται δέξασθαι τὸ ποτήριον ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ὥστε πιεῖν καὶ ἐρεῖς οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος πιόντες πίεσθε
And it shall be, if they are unwilling to receive the cup from your hand so as to drink, you shall say, Thus says the Lord: You shall surely drink.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ὅτι ἐν πόλει ἐν ᾗ ὠνομάσθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ' αὐτήν ἐγὼ ἄρχομαι κακῶσαι καὶ ὑμεῖς καθάρσει οὐ μὴ καθαρισθῆτε ὅτι μάχαιραν ἐγὼ καλῶ ἐπὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
For in the city upon which my name has been called I begin to bring evil, and shall you yourselves be cleansed with cleansing? You shall by no means be cleansed, for I am calling a sword upon those who dwell on the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
καὶ σὺ προφητεύσεις ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ ἐρεῖς κύριος ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ χρηματιεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ δώσει φωνὴν αὐτοῦ λόγον χρηματιεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ καὶ αιδαδ ὥσπερ τρυγῶντες ἀποκριθήσονται καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν
And you shall prophesy these words against them, and you shall say: The Lord will speak from on high; from his holy place he will give his voice. He will utter a word against his place, and like grape-treaders they shall answer against those who dwell on the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 39 words
ἥκει ὄλεθρος ἐπὶ μέρος τῆς γῆς ὅτι κρίσις τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν κρίνεται αὐτὸς πρὸς πᾶσαν σάρκα οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐδόθησαν εἰς μάχαιραν λέγει κύριος
Destruction has come upon a portion of the earth, because the Lord has a judgment among the nations. He enters into judgment with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ἰδοὺ κακὰ ἔρχεται ἀπὸ ἔθνους ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἐκπορεύεται ἀπ' ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς
Thus says the Lord: Behold, evils come from nation against nation, and a great storm goes out from the ends of the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ ἔσονται τραυματίαι ὑπὸ κυρίου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κυρίου ἐκ μέρους τῆς γῆς καὶ ἕως εἰς μέρος τῆς γῆς οὐ μὴ κατορυγῶσιν εἰς κόπρια ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς ἔσονται
And the slain of the Lord shall be in the day of the Lord from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall by no means be mourned or buried; they shall be as dung on the face of the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
ἀλαλάξατε ποιμένες καὶ κεκράξατε καὶ κόπτεσθε οἱ κριοὶ τῶν προβάτων ὅτι ἐπληρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ὑμῶν εἰς σφαγήν καὶ πεσεῖσθε ὥσπερ οἱ κριοὶ οἱ ἐκλεκτοί
Howl, shepherds, and cry out, and beat yourselves, rams of the flock, because your days for slaughter are fulfilled, and you shall fall like the chosen rams.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
καὶ ἀπολεῖται φυγὴ ἀπὸ τῶν ποιμένων καὶ σωτηρία ἀπὸ τῶν κριῶν τῶν προβάτων
Flight shall perish from the shepherds, and salvation from the rams of the sheep.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
φωνὴ κραυγῆς τῶν ποιμένων καὶ ἀλαλαγμὸς τῶν προβάτων καὶ τῶν κριῶν ὅτι ὠλέθρευσεν κύριος τὰ βοσκήματα αὐτῶν
A sound of the cry of the shepherds and the howling of the sheep and of the rams, because the Lord has destroyed their pastures.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ παύσεται τὰ κατάλοιπα τῆς εἰρήνης ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀργῆς θυμοῦ μου
And the remnants of peace shall cease because of the face of my burning wrath.
Word-by-word analysis· 11 words
ἐγκατέλιπεν ὥσπερ λέων κατάλυμα αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν εἰς ἄβατον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μαχαίρας τῆς μεγάλης
He has left his lair like a lion, because their land has become a desolation because of the great sword.