Jer 27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jer 27:2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon
thy neck,
Jer 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the
king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by
the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
Jer 27:4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Jer 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground,
by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it
seemed meet unto me.
Jer 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.
Jer 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until
the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall
serve themselves of him.
Jer 27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their
neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the
Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand.
Jer 27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to
your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Jer 27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Jer 27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith
the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jer 27:12 I spake also 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.
Jer 27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon?
Jer 27:14 Therefore 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.
Jer 27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in
my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the
prophets that prophesy unto you.
Jer 27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith
the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you,
saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought
again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jer 27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore
should this city be laid waste?
Jer 27:18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let
them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left
in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at
Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Jer 27:19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and
concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the
vessels that remain in this city,
Jer 27:20 Which 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;
Jer 27:21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the
vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of
Judah and of Jerusalem;
Jer 27:22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the
day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore
them to this place.