Verse 16
Jeremiah 27:16
New King James Version
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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, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’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.
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Chapter 27 Context
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Thus saith the LORD to 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 Ammonites, and to...
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And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel...
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5
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are upon the ground, by my great power and by my o...
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And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant...
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And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land com...
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8
And it shall come to pass,
that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar...
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9
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your e...
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10
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out,...
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11
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those wi...
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12
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under...
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13
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LOR...
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14
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve...
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15
For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you...
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16
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the...
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Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste...
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18
But if they
be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to...
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the...
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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 the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain
in...
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They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the...
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