Jeremiah 27
27IN THE beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:H7225H4467H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H1697H3414H3068H5592Thus says the Lord to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your neck,H559H3068H6213H4147H4133H5414H66773And send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the Ammonites, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the hand of the messengers who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.H7971H4428H123H4428H4124H4428H1121H5983H4428H6865H4428H6721H3027H4397H935H3389H6667H4428H30634And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:H6680H559H113H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H1135I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right {and} suitable to Me.H6213H776H120H929H6440H776H1419H3581H5186H2220H5414H5869H34746And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant {and} instrument, and the beasts of the field also I have given him to serve him.H5414H776H3027H5019H4428H894H5650H2416H7704H5414H56477And all nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the [God-appointed] time [of punishment] of his own land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.H1471H5647H1121H1121H1121H6256H776H935H7227H1471H1419H4428H56478But any nation or kingdom that will not serve this same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed it by [Nebuchadnezzar's] hand.H1471H4467H5647H5019H4428H894H5414H6677H5923H4428H894H1471H6485H5002H3068H2719H7458H1698H8552H30279So do not listen to your [false] prophets, your diviners, your dreamers [and your dreams, whether your own or others'], your soothsayers, your sorcerers, who say to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.H8085H5030H7080H2472H6049H3786H559H559H5647H4428H89410For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.H5012H8267H7368H127H5080H611But any nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation will I let remain on its own land, says the Lord, to cultivate it and dwell in it.H1471H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H3240H127H5002H3068H5647H342712I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah in the same way: Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.H1696H6667H4428H3063H1697H559H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H5971H242113Why will you and your people die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?H4191H5971H2719H7458H1698H3068H1696H1471H5647H4428H89414Do not listen to {and} believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon, for it is a lie that they prophesy to you.H8085H1697H5030H559H559H5647H4428H894H5012H826715For I have not sent them, says the Lord; but they are prophesying falsely in My name. [It will only end when] I will drive you out to perish together with the [false] prophets who prophesy to you.H7971H5002H3068H5012H8267H8034H5080H6H5030H501216Also I said to the priests and to all these people, Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your [false] prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they are prophesying a lie to you.H1696H3548H5971H559H559H3068H8085H1697H5030H5012H559H3627H3068H1004H4120H7725H894H5012H826717Do not listen to them {or} heed them; serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be laid waste?H8085H5647H4428H894H2421H5892H272318But if they are true prophets and if the word of the Lord is really spoken by them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are [still] left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.H5030H1697H3068H3426H6293H3068H6635H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H3389H935H89419For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the [bronze] pillars [each twenty-seven feet high], the [bronze] Sea [the laver at which the priests cleansed their hands and feet before ministering at the altar], the [bronze] bases [of the ten lavers in Solomon's temple used for washing animals to be offered as sacrifices], and the remainder of the vessels which are left in this city [Jerusalem],H559H3068H6635H5982H3220H4350H3499H3627H3498H589220Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem--H5019H4428H894H3947H1540H3204H1121H3079H4428H3063H3389H894H2715H3063H338921Yes, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels which [still] remain in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H338922They will be carried to Babylon and there will they be until the day that I visit them [with My favor], says the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.H935H894H3117H6485H5002H3068H5927H7725H4725
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