Verse 17
Jeremiah 27:17
Noah Webster Bible
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Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why 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 to Jeremi...
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Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for 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 to their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel;...
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I have made the earth, the man and the beast that 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 sha...
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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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Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your e...
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For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, a...
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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 spoke 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 to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the...
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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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Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the...
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17
Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?
18
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now make intercession t...
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19
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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Yes, 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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