JEREMIAH 27

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Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar

   1 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son Josiah

king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the

LORD:   2 This is what the LORD said to me: "Make a

yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your

neck.   3 Then 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.

4 Give them a message for their masters and say,

'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel,

says: "Tell this to your masters:   5 With 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.   6 Now I will give all your

countries into the hands of my servant

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even

the wild animals subject to him.   7 All 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.

   8 " ' "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.   9 So 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.'   10 They

prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove

you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will

perish.   11 But 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." ' "

   12 I 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.   13 Why 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?   14 Do 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.   15 '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.' "

   16 Then 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.   17 Do not listen to

them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.

Why should this city become a ruin?   18 If they are

prophets and have the word of the LORD, let them

plead with the LORD Almighty that the articles

remaining in the house of the LORD and in the palace

of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken

to Babylon.   19 For this is what the LORD Almighty

says about the pillars, the bronze Sea, the movable

stands and the other articles that are left in this city,

20 which 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--21 yes, 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:   22 '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.' "