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Jeremiah 25:29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

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KJV King James Version

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’

WEB World English Bible

For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.

ASV American Standard Version

For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

For lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye—ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 25

26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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כִּי֩H3588 · kifor הִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbehold בָעִ֜ירH5892 · irexcitement אֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhich נִֽקְרָא־H7121 · qa.rato call: call to שְׁמִ֣יH8034 · shemname עָלֶ֗יהָH5921 · alupon אָֽנֹכִי֙H595 · a.no.khiI מֵחֵ֣לH2490 · cha.lalto bore לְהָרַ֔עH7489 · ra.abe evil וְאַתֶּ֖םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)הִנָּקֵ֣הH5352 · na.qahto clear תִנָּק֑וּH5352 · na.qahto clear לֹ֣אH3808 · lonot תִנָּק֔וּH5352 · na.qahto clear כִּ֣יH3588 · kifor חֶ֗רֶבH2719 · che.revsword אֲנִ֤יH589 · a.niI קֹרֵא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call to עַל־H5921 · alupon כָּל־H3605 · kolall יֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427 · ya.shavto dwell הָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planet נְאֻ֖םH5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD צְבָאֽוֹת׃H6635 · tsa.vaarmy

Cross-references

Ezekiel 38:21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.1 Peter 4:17For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.1 Kings 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.Ezekiel 9:6Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.Obadiah 1:16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.Jeremiah 49:12For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment [was] not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and [art] thou he [that] shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink [of it].Ezekiel 14:21For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?Proverbs 11:21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.Luke 23:31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?Ezekiel 14:17Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.Jeremiah 30:11For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.Jeremiah 13:13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.Daniel 9:18-19O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.Jeremiah 46:28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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