The Book of Jeremiah
27: 1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 27:2Thus saith Jehovah to me:
Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; 27:3and 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; 27:4and give them
a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters: 27:5I 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. 27:6And 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. 27:7And
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. 27:8And 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. 27:9But 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: 27:10for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land,
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 27:11But 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. 27:12And 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. 27:13Why 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? 27:14And 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. 27:15For 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. 27:16Also 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. 27:17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore
should this city become a desolation? 27:18But 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. 27:19For 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, 27:20which
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; 27:21yea, 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: 27:22They 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.