Verse 16

Jeremiah 27:16

American Standard Version

16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah`s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֶל הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֩ וְ/אֶל כָּל הָ/עָ֨ם הַ/זֶּ֜ה דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי לֵ/אמֹ֗ר כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ אַֽל תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל דִּבְרֵ֣י נְבִֽיאֵי/כֶ֗ם הַֽ/נִּבְּאִ֤ים לָ/כֶם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֨ה כְלֵ֧י בֵית יְהוָ֛ה מוּשָׁבִ֥ים מִ/בָּבֶ֖לָ/ה עַתָּ֣ה מְהֵרָ֑ה כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖מָּה נִבְּאִ֥ים לָ/כֶֽם
English Translation
And to the priests and to all this people I spoke, saying, Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the house of the LORD are brought back from Babylon now quickly; for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 27 Context
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jer... Focus ↗
2 Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; Focus ↗
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon... Focus ↗
4 and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of... Focus ↗
5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power... Focus ↗
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant... Focus ↗
7 And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son`s son, until the time of his own land... Focus ↗
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnez... Focus ↗
9 But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to yo... Focus ↗
10 for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out,... Focus ↗
11 But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, tha... Focus ↗
12 And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under t... Focus ↗
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah... Focus ↗
14 And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the k... Focus ↗
15 For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you... Focus ↗
16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the w...
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a deso... Focus ↗
18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to... Focus ↗
19 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the b... Focus ↗
20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jeho... Focus ↗
21 yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left i... Focus ↗
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Je... Focus ↗