Verse 12
Jeremiah 27:12
Free Bible Version
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I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah: Submit to the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֶל צִדְקִיָּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי כְּ/כָל הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הָבִ֨יאוּ אֶת צַוְּארֵי/כֶ֜ם בְּ/עֹ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֗ל וְ/עִבְד֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ וְ/עַמּ֖/וֹ וִֽ/חְיֽוּ
English Translation
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.”
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Chapter 27 Context
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This is what the Lord told me: Make for yourself a harness and a yoke and strap it on your neck
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3
Send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the ambassadors who have c...
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4
Give them this order from the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, to convey to their masters:
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5
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6
Now I have placed my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in charge of all these countries. I have...
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7
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time that his own land comes under th...
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8
Any nation or kingdom that doesn't serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and doesn't submit to him I...
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9
Don't you listen to your prophets, your fortune-tellers, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums,...
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10
They're prophesying a lie to you that will lead to your removal from your country. I will expel you...
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11
But a nation that submits to the king of Babylon and serves him, I will leave in its own land, to cu...
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12
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14
Don't listen to messages from prophets who say, “You won't serve the king of Babylon,” for they are...
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15
I didn't send them, declares the Lord, and yet they are giving false prophecies in my name. So I wil...
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16
Then I told the priests and all the people, This is what the Lord says: Don't listen to the words of...
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17
Don't listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city be destroyed?
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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