Jeremiah 27:2–11

²Thus saith the Lord to me; ^cMake thee bonds and ^dyokes, and put them upon thy neck, ³and send them to the king of ^eEdom, and to the king of ^eMoab, and to the king of the ^eAmmonites, and to the king of ^eTyrus, and to the king of ^eZidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem ^bunto Zedekiah king of Judah; ⁴and command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; ^5fI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and ^gby my outstretched arm, and ^hhave given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. ⁶And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ⁱmy servant; and ^kthe beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. ^7lAnd all nations shall serve him, and ^mhis son, and ⁿhis son’s son, ^lountil the very time of his land come: and then ^pmany nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. ⁸And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and ^qthat will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, ^rwith the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. ^9vTherefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to ^syour diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your ^tenchanters, nor to your ^usorcerers, ^vwhich speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: ^10vwfor they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. ¹¹But ^qthe nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.