Verse 17
Jeremiah 27:17
Darby Translation
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Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם עִבְד֥וּ אֶת מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וִֽ/חְי֑וּ לָ֧/מָּה תִֽהְיֶ֛ה הָ/עִ֥יר הַ/זֹּ֖את חָרְבָּֽה
English Translation
Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a ruin?
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Chapter 27 Context
1
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, came this word to J...
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Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
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and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon...
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And give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of...
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I have made the earth, man and beast that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by m...
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And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; an...
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And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also...
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And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar...
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And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your sooths...
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For they prophesy falsehood unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you...
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But the nation that bringeth its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serveth him, will I...
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12
And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, bring your necks under t...
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Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah...
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And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the k...
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For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, yet they prophesy falsely in my name; in order that I shoul...
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And I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the wo...
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Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a wast...
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But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to...
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For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the b...
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which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jeho...
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yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left i...
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They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day of my visiting them, saith J...
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