Jeremiah 27
27At the beginning of the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:H7225H4467H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H1697H3414H3068H5592this is what the Lord says to me: "Make restraints and yokes for yourself and put them on your neck.H559H3068H6213H4147H4133H5414H66773Then send messengers to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through the envoys who come to Jerusalem to king Zedekiah of Judah.H7971H4428H123H4428H4124H4428H1121H5983H4428H6865H4428H6721H3027H4397H935H3389H6667H4428H30634Give them this order for their masters: 'This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says, and this is what you are to say to your masters,H6680H559H113H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H1135By my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth, mankind, and the animals that are on the face of the earth, and I give it to whomever I see fit.H6213H776H120H929H6440H776H1419H3581H5186H2220H5414H5869H34746Now I've given all these lands to my servant, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I've even given him the wild animals to serve him.H5414H776H3027H5019H4428H894H5650H2416H7704H5414H56477All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his country's time also comes, and then many nations and great kings will use him as a slave.H1471H5647H1121H1121H1121H6256H776H935H7227H1471H1419H4428H56478If a nation and kingdom does not serve him - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon - and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I'll judge that nation with the sword, with famine, and with plague," declares the Lord, "until I've completely destroyed it by his hand.H1471H4467H5647H5019H4428H894H5414H6677H5923H4428H894H1471H6485H5002H3068H2719H7458H1698H8552H30279You aren't to listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, and your sorcerers who say to you, 'Don't serve the king of Babylon.'H8085H5030H7080H2472H6049H3786H559H559H5647H4428H89410They're prophesying a lie to you in order to remove you far away from your land. I'll drive you out and you will perish.H5012H8267H7368H127H5080H611But I'll let the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him remain in its own land," declares the Lord, "and they'll work it and remain in it."H1471H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H3240H127H5002H3068H5647H342712I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah using words like these: "Bring your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon. Serve him and his people, and you will live!H1696H6667H4428H3063H1697H559H935H6677H5923H4428H894H5647H5971H242113Why should you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by plague as the Lord has decreed about the nation that does not serve the king of Babylon -H4191H5971H2719H7458H1698H3068H1696H1471H5647H4428H89414Don't listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You won't serve the king of Babylon. Indeed, they're prophesying a lie to you.H8085H1697H5030H559H559H5647H4428H894H5012H826715For I didn't send them," declares the Lord, "and they're falsely prophesying in my name, so I will drive both you and the prophets who prophesy to you out of the land."13H7971H5002H3068H5012H8267H8034H5080H6H5030H501216Then I spoke to the priests and all this people: "This is what the Lord says: 'Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: "The vessels from the temple are about to be returned from Babylon very soon now." Indeed, they're prophesying a lie to you.H1696H3548H5971H559H559H3068H8085H1697H5030H5012H559H3627H3068H1004H4120H7725H894H5012H826717Don't listen to them! Serve the king of Babylon and you'll live. Why should this city become a ruin -H8085H5647H4428H894H2421H5892H272318If they're prophets, and if they have a word from the Lord, let them plead with the Lord of the Heavenly Armies so that the utensils that remain in the LORD's temple, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem might not be taken to Babylon.H5030H1697H3068H3426H6293H3068H6635H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H3389H935H89419For this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says about the pillars, the bronze sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that remain in this cityH559H3068H6635H5982H3220H4350H3499H3627H3498H589220that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn't take when he took Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah, king of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem from Jerusalem into exile to Babylon -H5019H4428H894H3947H1540H3204H1121H3079H4428H3063H3389H894H2715H3063H338921For this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says about the vessels that remain in the LORD's temple, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem,H559H3068H6635H430H3478H3627H3498H1004H3068H1004H4428H3063H338922"They'll go into Babylon and there they'll remain until the time I take note of them," declares the Lord. "Then I'll bring them up and return them to this place."'"27H935H894H3117H6485H5002H3068H5927H7725H4725
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