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Jeremiah 27:1-22 — Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar

Jer.27.1-22

¹At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying: ²Thus Yahweh said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck. ³Send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the Ammonites, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who are coming to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. ⁴Command them for their masters, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters: ⁵I made the earth, the human beings, and the animals that are on the face of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever is right in my eyes. ⁶And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; I have also given him the beasts of the field to serve him. ⁷All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them. ⁸But the nation and the kingdom that will not serve him—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon—and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and pestilence, declares Yahweh, until I have finished them off by his hand. ⁹But you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreams, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who say to you, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon.' ¹⁰For they are prophesying a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. ¹¹But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let it remain on its own land, declares Yahweh, and it shall cultivate it and dwell in it.' ¹²And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke 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. ¹³Why should you and your people die by sword, famine, and pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying a lie to you. ¹⁵For I have not sent them, declares Yahweh, yet they are prophesying falsely in my name, so that I may drive you out and you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you." ¹⁶And to the priests and to all this people I spoke, saying, "Thus says Yahweh: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, 'Look, the vessels of Yahweh's house will now very soon be brought back from Babylon,' for they are prophesying a lie to you. ¹⁷Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a ruin? ¹⁸But if they are prophets, and if the word of Yahweh is with them, let them now intercede with Yahweh of Armies, so that the vessels that remain in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. ¹⁹For thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels left in this city, ²⁰which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he exiled Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— ²¹for thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: ²²To Babylon they shall be brought, and there they shall remain until the day I attend to them , declares Yahweh. Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place."

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4/11/2026

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