Verse 17

Jeremiah 27:17

New King James Version

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid 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 king of Judah came this word unto Jerem... Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, 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 Ammonites, and to... Focus ↗

4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel... Focus ↗

5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my o... 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 nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land com... Focus ↗

8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar... Focus ↗

9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your e... 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 nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those wi... Focus ↗

12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under... Focus ↗

13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LOR... Focus ↗

14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve... Focus ↗

15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you... Focus ↗

16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the... Focus ↗

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste...

18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to... Focus ↗

19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the... Focus ↗

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jeho... Focus ↗

21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in... Focus ↗

22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the... Focus ↗

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