Jeremiah 27

Jeremiah Chapter 27 KJV

1Under the type of bonds and yokes Jeremiah prophesieth the subjection of the neighbouring kings to Nebuchadnezzar, and exhorteth them to submit quietly, and to give no heed to false prophets: 12he adviseth the like to Zedekiah: 16he warneth the priests and the people not to credit lying prophecies; 19and sheweth that the remainder of the sacred vessels shall be carried to Babylon, and there continue until the day of visitation.
1 In the beginning of the reign of 1Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah 2came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus asaith the Lord to me; 1Make thee bonds and 2yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them 1to 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;
4 And command them ato say unto their masters, Thus saith 1the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
5 I 1have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and 2have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6 And now 1have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, 2my servant; and 3the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
7 And 1all 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.
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 1will I apunish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore 1hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your adreamers, 2nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
10 For 1they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, 1those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12 ¶ I spake also 1to 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, 2and live.
13 1Why 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?
14 1Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for 2they prophesy a lie unto you.
15 For 1I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy aa lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, 2and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
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, 1Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17 1Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: 2wherefore should this city be laid waste?
18 But 1if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them 2now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that 3the 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.
19 ¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning 1the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when 1he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the anobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that 1remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
22 They shall be 1carried to Babylon, and there shall they be 2until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then 3will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
Jeremiah 27