Jeremiah 27

27^aIn the beginning of the reign of ^bJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 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.

¹²I spake also ^*xto Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, ^qBring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and ^yserve him and his people, and live. ^13zWhy will ye die, thou and thy people, ^raby the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, ^bas the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ^14cTherefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: ^dfor they prophesy a lie unto you. ^15eFor I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy ^†a lie in my name; ^fthat I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. ¹⁶Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; ^vHearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, ^gthe vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: ^vfor they prophesy a lie unto you. ¹⁷Hearken not unto them; ^yserve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city ^hbe laid waste? ¹⁸But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now ⁱmake intercession to the Lord of hosts, that ^kthe vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. ¹⁹For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning ^lthe pillars, and concerning ^lthe sea, and concerning ^lthe bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, ²⁰Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, ^mwhen he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; ²¹Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; ²²ⁿThey shall be carried to Babylon, and ^othere shall they be until the day that ^pI visit them, saith the Lord; then ^qwill I bring them up, and ^pqrestore them to this place.