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Jeremiah 27:12

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27:12I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said,34 “Submit35 to the yoke of servitude to36 the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Heb “I spoke to Zedekiah … according to all these words, saying.”
  2. 35 The verbs in this verse are all plural. They are addressed to Zedekiah and his royal advisers (compare 22:2).
  3. 36 Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. for the figure.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. “If you want to live, submit to the yoke of the king of Babylon and his people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I spoke words like these to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

KJV 1900King James Version

I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.