Jeremiah 27
27
The Yoke of Babylon
1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah # Some Hb mss, Syr, Arabic; other Hb mss, DSS read Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, # 2Kg 24:17; Jr 1:3; 21:1 this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: # LXX omits this v. 2“This is what the Lord said to me: Make chains and yoke bars # Jr 28:10-13 for yourself and put them on your neck. # Jr 2:20; 5:5: 30:8 3Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon # Jr 25:21-22 through messengers who are coming to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem. 4Command them to go to their masters, saying: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: This is what you must say to your masters: 5By My great strength and outstretched arm, # Dt 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 1Kg 8:42; Ps 136:12; Jr 32:17,21; Ezk 20:33-34 I made the earth, # Is 45:12 and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please. # Lit to whomever is upright in My eyes # Ps 115:15-16; Dn 4:17 6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant # Is 44:28; Jr 25:9 Nebuchadnezzar, # 2Kg 24:11; 25:22; 2Ch 36:6-13 king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him. 7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him. # Jr 25:12
8“As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “until through him I have destroyed it. 9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners, # Dt 18:10,14; Jr 14:14; 29:8 dreamers, fortune-tellers, # Lv 19:26; Dt 18:10,14; 2Ch 33:6 or sorcerers # Ex 7:11; Dt 18:10; 2Ch 33:6 who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ’ 10for they prophesy a lie # Jr 5:31; 14:14; 20:6; 23:25-26,32; 27:14-16; 29:9,21,31 to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish. 11But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate # Lit work it and reside in it.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
Warning to Zedekiah
12I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah # Jr 28:1; 38:17 in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live! 13Why should you and your people die # Ezk 18:31 by the sword, famine, or plague as the Lord has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? 14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are telling you, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you. # Jr 14:14 15‘I have not sent them’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘and they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore, I will banish you, and you will perish — you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.’ ”
16Then I spoke to the priests and all these people, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets. They are prophesying to you, claiming, “Look, very soon now the articles of the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon.” # 2Kg 24:13; 2Ch 36:7,10; Jr 28:3 They are prophesying a lie to you. 17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? # Jr 7:34 18If they are indeed prophets and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them intercede with the Lord of Hosts not to let the articles that remain in the Lord’s temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem go to Babylon.’ 19For this is what the Lord of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the water carts, # 2Kg 25:13,16; Jr 52:17,20 and the rest of the articles that still remain in this city, 20those Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he deported Jeconiah # = Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon along with all the nobles of Judah # Neh 6:17; 13:17; Jr 39:6 and Jerusalem. 21Yes, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the temple of the Lord, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: 22‘They will be brought to Babylon and will remain there until I attend to them again.’ # Jr 29:10; 32:5 This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’ ” # Ezr 1:7-11; 5:13-15; 7:19
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Jeremiah 27
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1This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah,#27:1. Most Hebrew manuscripts have the name “Jehoiakim” instead of Zedekiah, but this does not fit with the rest of the chapter (Zedekiah is clearly identified in verses 3 and 12). son of Josiah, king of Judah. 2This is what the Lord told me: Make for yourself a harness and a yoke and strap it on your neck 3Send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the ambassadors who have come to Jerusalem to see Zedekiah king of Judah.
4Give them this order from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, to convey to their masters: 5It was by my strength and creative power that I made the earth and the human beings and animals that live there, and I give it to those who are right in my sight. 6Now I have placed my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in charge of all these countries. I have even given him control over the wild animals. 7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time that his own land comes under the control of other nations and powerful kings. 8Any nation or kingdom that doesn't serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and doesn't submit to him#27:8. “Submit to him”: literally, “place its neck under his yoke.” Also verse 11. I will punish that nation by war and famine and plague, declares the Lord, until I let Nebuchadnezzar destroy it completely.
9Don't you listen to your prophets, your fortune-tellers, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your magicians when they tell you, “You won't serve the king of Babylon.” 10They're prophesying a lie to you that will lead to your removal from your country. I will expel you and you will die. 11But a nation that submits to the king of Babylon and serves him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and live in it, declares the Lord.
12I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah: Submit to the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! 13Why should you and your people die by war and famine and plague, as the Lord has said he would bring against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? 14Don't listen to messages from prophets who say, “You won't serve the king of Babylon,” for they are prophesying a lie to you. 15I didn't send them, declares the Lord, and yet they are giving false prophecies in my name. So I will expel you and you will die—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.
16Then I told the priests and all the people, This is what the Lord says: Don't listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Look! The objects from the Lord's Temple will shortly be returned from Babylon.” They are prophesying a lie to you. 17Don't listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city be destroyed?
18If they are truly prophets and really have the word of the Lord with them, they should be pleading now with the Lord Almighty that what's left in the Lord's Temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, isn't taken to Babylon.
19This what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze sea, the bases, and the rest of the objects that are left in Jerusalem— 20everything Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn't take when he took Jehoiachin #27:20. Here given as Jeconiah.son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, together with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. 21Again, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the objects left in the Lord's Temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 22They will be taken away to Babylon and will stay there until the time I see to them again, declares the Lord. Only then will I bring them back so they will be in Jerusalem again.
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