The Nations to Submit to Nebuchadnezzar
27 In the beginning of the reign of [a](A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying— 2 thus says the Lord to me—“Make for yourself (B)bonds and (C)yokes and put them on your neck, 3 and send [b]word to the king of (D)Edom, to the king of (E)Moab, to the king of the sons of (F)Ammon, to the king of (G)Tyre and to the king of (H)Sidon [c]by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters, 5 “(I)I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth (J)by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will (K)give it to the one who is [d]pleasing in My sight. 6 Now I (L)have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (M)My servant, and I have given him also the (N)wild animals of the field to serve him. 7 (O)All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson (P)until the time of his own land comes; then (Q)many nations and great kings will [e]make him their servant.
8 “It will be, that the nation or the kingdom which (R)will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the (S)sword, with famine and with pestilence,” declares the Lord, “until I have destroyed [f]it by his hand. 9 But as for you, (T)do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [g]dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 For they prophesy a (U)lie to you in order to (V)remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish. 11 But the nation which will (W)bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will (X)let remain on its land,” declares the Lord, “and they will till it and dwell in it.”’”
12 I spoke words like all these to (Y)Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live! 13 Why will you (Z)die, you and your people, by the sword, famine and pestilence, as the Lord has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 So (AA)do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a (AB)lie to you; 15 for (AC)I have not sent them,” declares the Lord, “but they (AD)prophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may (AE)drive you out and that you may perish, (AF)you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
16 Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the (AG)vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon’; for they are prophesying a (AH)lie to you. 17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city (AI)become a ruin? 18 But (AJ)if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now (AK)entreat the Lord of hosts that the vessels which 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 For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the (AL)pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he (AM)carried into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. 21 Yes, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem, 22 ‘They will be (AN)carried to Babylon and they will be there until the (AO)day I visit them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will (AP)bring them [h]back and restore them to this place.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 27:1 Many mss read Jehoiakim
- Jeremiah 27:3 Lit them
- Jeremiah 27:3 Lit by the hand of
- Jeremiah 27:5 Or upright
- Jeremiah 27:7 Or enslave him
- Jeremiah 27:8 Lit them
- Jeremiah 27:9 Lit dreams
- Jeremiah 27:22 Lit up
Cross references
- Jeremiah 27:1 : 2 Kin 24:18-20; 2 Chr 36:11-13
- Jeremiah 27:2 : Jer 30:8
- Jeremiah 27:2 : Jer 28:10, 13
- Jeremiah 27:3 : Jer 25:21, 22
- Jeremiah 27:3 : Jer 25:21, 22
- Jeremiah 27:3 : Jer 25:21, 22
- Jeremiah 27:3 : Jer 25:21, 22
- Jeremiah 27:3 : Jer 25:21, 22
- Jeremiah 27:5 : Ps 96:5; 146:5, 6; Is 42:5; 45:12; Jer 10:12; 51:15
- Jeremiah 27:5 : Deut 9:29; Jer 32:17; Dan 4:17
- Jeremiah 27:5 : Ps 115:15, 16; Acts 17:26
- Jeremiah 27:6 : Jer 21:7; 22:25; Ezek 29:18-20
- Jeremiah 27:6 : Is 44:28; Jer 25:9; 43:10
- Jeremiah 27:6 : Jer 28:14; Dan 2:38
- Jeremiah 27:7 : 2 Chr 36:20; Jer 44:30; 46:13
- Jeremiah 27:7 : Dan 5:26; Zech 2:8, 9
- Jeremiah 27:7 : Is 14:4-6; Jer 25:12
- Jeremiah 27:8 : Jer 38:17-19; 42:15, 16; Ezek 17:19-21
- Jeremiah 27:8 : Jer 24:10; 27:13; 29:17, 18; Ezek 14:21
- Jeremiah 27:9 : Ex 22:18; Deut 18:10; Prov 19:27; Is 8:19; Mal 3:5; Eph 5:6
- Jeremiah 27:10 : Jer 23:25
- Jeremiah 27:10 : Jer 8:19; 32:31
- Jeremiah 27:11 : Jer 27:2, 8, 12
- Jeremiah 27:11 : Jer 21:9; 38:2; 40:9-12; 42:10, 11
- Jeremiah 27:12 : Jer 27:3; 28:1; 38:17
- Jeremiah 27:13 : Prov 8:36; Jer 27:8; 38:23; Ezek 18:31
- Jeremiah 27:14 : Jer 27:9; 2 Cor 11:13-15
- Jeremiah 27:14 : Jer 14:14; 23:21; 27:10; 29:8, 9; Ezek 13:22
- Jeremiah 27:15 : Jer 23:21; 29:9
- Jeremiah 27:15 : Jer 23:25
- Jeremiah 27:15 : 2 Chr 25:16; Jer 27:10
- Jeremiah 27:15 : Jer 6:13-15; 14:15, 16
- Jeremiah 27:16 : 2 Kin 24:13; 2 Chr 36:7, 10; Jer 28:3; Dan 1:2
- Jeremiah 27:16 : Jer 27:10
- Jeremiah 27:17 : Jer 7:34
- Jeremiah 27:18 : 1 Kin 18:24
- Jeremiah 27:18 : 1 Sam 7:8; 12:19, 23; Jer 18:20
- Jeremiah 27:19 : 1 Kin 7:15; 2 Kin 25:13, 17; Jer 52:17-23
- Jeremiah 27:20 : 2 Kin 24:12, 14-16; 2 Chr 36:10, 18; Jer 22:28; 24:1
- Jeremiah 27:22 : Jer 34:2, 3
- Jeremiah 27:22 : Jer 25:11, 12; 27:7; 29:10; 32:5
- Jeremiah 27:22 : Ezra 1:7-11; 5:13-15; 7:19