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27 Í upphafi ríkisstjórnar Sedekía Jósíasonar, konungs í Júda, kom þetta orð til Jeremía frá Drottni:

Svo sagði Drottinn við mig: Gjör þér bönd og ok og legg um háls þér

og gjör konunginum í Edóm og konunginum í Móab og konungi Ammóníta og konunginum í Týrus og konunginum í Sídon orðsending með sendimönnunum, sem komnir eru til Jerúsalem til Sedekía Júdakonungs,

og bjóð þeim að mæla svo til herra sinna: "Svo sagði Drottinn allsherjar, Ísraels Guð: Svo skuluð þér segja við herra yðar:

Ég hefi gjört jörðina og mennina og skepnurnar, sem á jörðinni eru, með mínum mikla mætti og útrétta armlegg, og ég gef þetta þeim, er mér þóknast.

Og nú gef ég öll þessi lönd á vald Nebúkadnesars Babelkonungs, þjóns míns. Jafnvel dýr merkurinnar gef ég honum, til þess að þau þjóni honum.

Og allar þjóðir skulu þjóna honum og syni hans og sonarsyni hans, þar til er einnig tími hans lands kemur og voldugar þjóðir og miklir konungar gjöra hann að þræl sínum.

Og sú þjóð og það konungsríki, sem ekki vill þjóna honum, Nebúkadnesar Babelkonungi, og ekki beygja háls sinn undir ok Babelkonungs, þeirrar þjóðar mun ég vitja með sverði, hungri og drepsótt _ segir Drottinn _ uns ég hefi gjöreytt þeim fyrir hans hendi.

Hlýðið ekki á spámenn yðar né spásagnarmenn, né drauma yðar, né á galdramenn yðar né töframenn, þá er þeir mæla til yðar á þessa leið: ,Þér munuð ekki þjóna Babelkonungi.`

10 Því að þeir boða yður lygar til þess að flæma yður úr landi yðar, svo að ég reki yður burt og þér farist.

11 En þá þjóð, sem beygir háls sinn undir ok Babelkonungs og þjónar honum, hana vil ég láta vera kyrra í landi sínu _ segir Drottinn _ til þess að hún yrki það og byggi."

12 Og við Sedekía Júdakonung talaði ég öldungis á sama hátt: "Sveigið háls yðar undir ok Babelkonungs og þjónið honum og þjóð hans, þá munuð þér lífi halda.

13 Hví viljið þér, þú og þjóð þín, deyja fyrir sverði, af hungri og drepsótt, eins og Drottinn hefir hótað þeim þjóðum, er eigi vilja þjóna Babelkonungi?

14 Hlýðið eigi á orð spámannanna, er segja við yður: ,Þér munuð eigi þjóna Babelkonungi!` Því að þeir boða yður lygar.

15 Því að ég hefi ekki sent þá _ segir Drottinn _ heldur spá þeir ranglega í mínu nafni, til þess að ég reki yður burt og þér farist, ásamt spámönnunum, er yður hafa spáð."

16 Við prestana og allan þennan lýð hefi ég og talað á þessa leið: "Svo segir Drottinn: Hlýðið eigi á orð spámanna yðar, er spá yður og segja: ,Sjá, áhöldin úr musteri Drottins munu bráðlega verða flutt heim aftur frá Babýlon!` _ því að þeir boða yður lygar.

17 Hlýðið eigi á þá. Þjónið heldur Babelkonungi, þá munuð þér lífi halda! Hví á þessi borg að verða að rúst?

18 En séu þeir spámenn og sé orð Drottins hjá þeim, þá biðja þeir Drottin allsherjar, að áhöld þau, sem enn eru eftir í musteri Drottins og í höll Júdakonungs og í Jerúsalem, fari eigi líka til Babýlon.

19 Því að svo segir Drottinn allsherjar um súlurnar, um hafið og um undirstöðupallana og um hin önnur áhöld, sem eftir eru í þessari borg,

20 þau er Nebúkadnesar Babelkonungur ekki tók, þá er hann herleiddi Jekonja Jójakímsson, Júdakonung, frá Jerúsalem til Babýlon, ásamt öllum tignarmönnum Júda og Jerúsalem,

21 já, svo segir Drottinn allsherjar, Ísraels Guð, um áhöldin, sem eftir eru í musteri Drottins og höll Júdakonungs og í Jerúsalem:

22 Til Babýlon skulu þau flutt verða og þar skulu þau vera, allt til þess dags, er ég vitja þeirra _ segir Drottinn _ og sæki þau og flyt þau aftur á þennan stað.

Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar

27 Early in the reign of Zedekiah[a](A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke(B) out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. Then send(C) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,(D) Tyre and Sidon(E) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: With my great power and outstretched arm(F) I made(G) the earth and its people and the animals(H) that are on it, and I give(I) it to anyone I please. Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(J) Nebuchadnezzar(K) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(L) All nations will serve(M) him and his son and his grandson until the time(N) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(O) him.

“‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish(P) that nation with the sword,(Q) famine(R) and plague,(S) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand. So do not listen to your prophets,(T) your diviners,(U) your interpreters of dreams,(V) your mediums(W) or your sorcerers(X) who tell you, ‘You will not serve(Y) the king of Babylon.’ 10 They prophesy lies(Z) to you that will only serve to remove(AA) 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(AB) of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live(AC) there, declares the Lord.”’”

12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke(AD) of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.(AE) 13 Why will you and your people die(AF) by the sword, famine and plague(AG) with which the Lord has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Do not listen(AH) to the words of the prophets(AI) who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies(AJ) to you. 15 ‘I have not sent(AK) them,’ declares the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name.(AL) Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish,(AM) 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(AN) from the Lord’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen(AO) to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.(AP) Why should this city become a ruin? 18 If they are prophets and have the word of the Lord, let them plead(AQ) with the Lord Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. 19 For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea,(AR) the movable stands and the other articles(AS) that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried(AT) Jehoiachin[b](AU) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: 22 ‘They will be taken(AV) to Babylon and there they will remain until the day(AW) I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring(AX) them back and restore them to this place.’”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:1 A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiakim (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)
  2. Jeremiah 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

27 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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.

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.

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.

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?

18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.