Jeremiah 27
27
The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
1In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah#27:1 Or Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord. 2Thus the Lord said to me: #[1 Kgs. 22:11; Ezek. 7:23] “Make yourself straps and #ch. 28:10, 12, 13; See Lev. 26:13yoke-bars, and put them on your neck. 3Send word#27:3 Hebrew Send them to the king of #ch. 25:21, 22Edom, the king of #ch. 25:21, 22Moab, the king of the sons of #ch. 25:21, 22Ammon, the king of #ch. 25:21, 22Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters: 5“It is I who #See ch. 21:5 by my great power and my outstretched arm #Ps. 115:15; Isa. 45:12 have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, #Ps. 115:16; Dan. 4:17, 25, 32and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6#[Ezek. 30:21, 25] Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, #See ch. 25:9 my servant, #ch. 28:14; Dan. 2:38and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 7#[Dan. 2:37, 38] All the nations shall serve him and #ch. 52:31 his son and #Dan. 5:1, 30 his grandson, #See ch. 25:12 until the time of his own land comes. #See ch. 25:14Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
8“‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, #ver. 11, 12; [ch. 30:8] and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation #See ch. 14:12with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand. 9So #[ch. 14:14] do not listen to your #[ch. 29:8] prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your #[Deut. 18:10; Isa. 2:6]fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10#See ch. 5:31For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish. 11#[ver. 2, 8]But any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, to work it and dwell there, declares the Lord.”’”
12To #ch. 28:1; [ver. 1] Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: #[See ver. 11 above] “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and #ver. 17; [ch. 38:17]serve him and his people and live. 13#Ezek. 18:31 Why will you and your people die #See ch. 14:12 by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, #ver. 8as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14#[ch. 14:14] Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ #[See ver. 10 above]for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you. 15I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but #[See ver. 10 above]they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”
16Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: #[See ver. 14 above] Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, #ch. 28:3; 2 Kgs. 24:13; 2 Chr. 36:7, 10, 18 ‘Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ #[See ver. 10 above]for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you. 17#[See ver. 14 above] Do not listen to them; #[See ver. 11 above] serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city #See ch. 7:34become a desolation? 18If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then #[Isa. 59:16] let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, #Dan. 1:2that the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. 19#[2 Kgs. 25:13]For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, 20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away, #2 Kgs. 24:14, 15; Matt. 1:11, 12; See ch. 24:1when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, #[See ver. 19 above]concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: 22#ch. 52:17, 20, 21; 2 Kgs. 25:13; 2 Chr. 36:18 They shall be carried to Babylon #ch. 32:5 and remain there #ch. 29:10; 2 Chr. 36:22; Ezra 1:1 until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord. #Ezra 1:7, 8; 5:14; 7:19Then I will bring them back #ch. 52:17, 20, 21; 2 Kgs. 25:13; 2 Chr. 36:18 and restore them to this place.”
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Jeremiah 27
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1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; 3and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah: 4and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters: 5I 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 unto whom it seemeth right unto me. 6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him. 7And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman. 8And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12And I spake 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. 13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14And 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. 15For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? 18But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city, 20which 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; 21yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem: 22They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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