27Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:H7225H4467H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H1697H3414H3068H5592This is what the LORD said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.H559H3068H6213H4147H4133H5414H66773Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.H7971H4428H123H4428H4124H4428H1121H5983H4428H6865H4428H6721H3027H4397H935H3389H6667H4428H30634Give them a message for their masters and say, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Tell this to your masters:H6680H559H113H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H1135With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.H6213H776H120H929H6440H776H1419H3581H5186H2220H5414H5869H34746Now I will hand all your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.H5414H776H3027H5019H4428H894H5650H2416H7704H5414H56477All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.H1471H5647H1121H1121H1121H6256H776H935H7227H1471H1419H4428H56478"' "If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.H1471H4467H5647H5019H4428H894H5414H6677H5923H4428H894H1471H6485H5002H3068H2719H7458H1698H8552H30279So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.'H8085H5030H7080H2472H6049H3786H559H559H5647H4428H89410They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.H5012H8267H7368H127H5080H611But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the LORD." '"H1471H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H3240H127H5002H3068H5647H342712I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, "Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.H1696H6667H4428H3063H1697H559H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H5971H242113Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the LORD has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?H4191H5971H2719H7458H1698H3068H1696H1471H5647H4428H89414Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying lies to you.H8085H1697H5030H559H559H5647H4428H894H5012H826715'I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. 'They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.'"H7971H5002H3068H5012H8267H8034H5080H6H5030H501216Then 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 from the LORD'S house will be brought back from Babylon.' They are prophesying lies to you.H1696H3548H5971H559H559H3068H8085H1697H5030H5012H559H3627H3068H1004H4120H7725H894H5012H826717Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin?H8085H5647H4428H894H2421H5892H272318If they are prophets and have the word of the LORD, let them plead with the LORD Almighty that the furnishings remaining in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon.H5030H1697H3068H3426H6293H3068H6635H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H3389H935H89419For this is what the LORD Almighty says about the pillars, the Sea, the movable stands and the other furnishings that are left in this city,H559H3068H6635H5982H3220H4350H3499H3627H3498H589220which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem--H5019H4428H894H3947H1540H3204H1121H3079H4428H3063H3389H894H2715H3063H338921yes, 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:H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H338922'They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,' declares the LORD. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'"H935H894H3117H6485H5002H3068H5927H7725H4725