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Jeremiah 27:6-17
New International Version
Jeremiah 27:6-17
New International Version
6 Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(A) Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(C) 7 All nations will serve(D) him and his son and his grandson until the time(E) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(F) him.
8 “‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish(G) that nation with the sword,(H) famine(I) and plague,(J) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand. 9 So do not listen to your prophets,(K) your diviners,(L) your interpreters of dreams,(M) your mediums(N) or your sorcerers(O) who tell you, ‘You will not serve(P) the king of Babylon.’ 10 They prophesy lies(Q) to you that will only serve to remove(R) you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. 11 But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke(S) of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live(T) there, declares the Lord.”’”
12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke(U) of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.(V) 13 Why will you and your people die(W) by the sword, famine and plague(X) with which the Lord has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Do not listen(Y) to the words of the prophets(Z) who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies(AA) to you. 15 ‘I have not sent(AB) them,’ declares the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name.(AC) Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish,(AD) both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.’”
16 Then I said to the priests and all these people, “This is what the Lord says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, ‘Very soon now the articles(AE) from the Lord’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen(AF) to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.(AG) Why should this city become a ruin?
Jeremiah 27:6-17
King James Version
Jeremiah 27:6-17
King James Version
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
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