Jeremiah 27:8–15

⁸“It will be, that the nation or the kingdom which ^awill not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the ^bsword, with famine and with pestilence,” declares the Lord, “until I have destroyed ¹it by his hand.

⁹“But as for you, ^ado not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your ¹dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

¹⁰“For they prophesy a ^alie to you in order to ^bremove you far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish.

¹¹“But the nation which will ^abring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will ^blet remain on its land,” declares the Lord, “and they will till it and dwell in it.” ’ ”

¹²I spoke words like all these to ^aZedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!

¹³“Why will you ^adie, you and your people, by the sword, famine and pestilence, as the Lord has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?

¹⁴“So ^ado not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a ^blie to you;

¹⁵for ^aI have not sent them,” declares the Lord, “but they ^bprophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may ^cdrive you out and that you may perish, ^dyou and the prophets who prophesy to you.”