Jeremiah 27 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, ^[2] Yahweh says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck. ^[3] Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. ^[4] Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “You shall tell your masters: ^[5] ‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me. ^[6] Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. I have also given the animals of the field to him to serve him. ^[7] All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant. ^[8] “ ‘ “ ‘It will happen that I will punish the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,’ says Yahweh, ‘with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. ^[9] But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon;” ^[10] for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish. ^[11] But the nation that brings their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation I will let remain in their own land,’ says Yahweh; ‘and they will till it and dwell in it.’ ” ’ ” ^[12] I spoke 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. ^[13] Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ^[14] Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you. ^[15] For I have not sent them,” says Yahweh, “but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.” ^[16] Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Yahweh says, “Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of Yahweh’s house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you. ^[17] Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation? ^[18] But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon. ^[19] For Yahweh of Armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, ^[20] which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— ^[21] yes, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in Yahweh’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem: ^[22] ‘They will be carried to Babylon, and there they will be, until the day that I visit them,’ says Yahweh; ‘then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.’ ”

King James Version

^[1] In the beginningH7225 of the reignH4467 of JehoiakimH3079 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 came this wordH1697 unto JeremiahH3414 from the Lord,H3068 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 to me; MakeH6213(QalImpv) thee bondsH4147 and yokes,H4133 and putH5414(QalPerf) them upon thy neck,H6677 ^[3] And sendH7971(PielPerf) them to the kingH4428 of Edom,H123 and to the kingH4428 of Moab,H4124 and to the kingH4428 of the Ammonites,H1121 and to the kingH4428 of Tyrus,H6865 and to the kingH4428 of Zidon,H6721 by the handH3027 of the messengersH4397 which comeH935(QalActPtc) to JerusalemH3389 unto ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of Judah;H3063 ^[4] And commandH6680(PielPerf) them to sayH559(QalInf) unto their masters,H113 Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Thus shall ye sayH559(QalImpf) unto your masters;H113 ^[5] I have madeH6213(QalPerf) the earth,H776 the manH120 and the beastH929 that [are] uponH6440 the ground,H776 by my greatH1419 powerH3581 and by my outstretchedH5186(QalPasPtc) arm,H2220 and have givenH5414(QalPerf) it unto whom it seemedH5869 meetH3474(QalPerf) unto me. ^[6] And now have I givenH5414(QalPerf) all these landsH776 into the handH3027 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 my servant;H5650 and the beastsH2416 of the fieldH7704 have I givenH5414(QalPerf) him also to serveH5647(QalInf) him. ^[7] And all nationsH1471 shall serveH5647(QalPerf) him, and his son,H1121 and his son’sH1121 son,H1121 until the very timeH6256 of his landH776 come:H935(QalInf) and then manyH7227 nationsH1471 and greatH1419 kingsH4428 shall serveH5647(QalPerf) themselves of him. ^[8] And it shall come to pass, [that] the nationH1471 and kingdomH4467 which will not serveH5647(QalImpf) the same NebuchadnezzarH5019 the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 and that will not putH5414(QalImpf) their neckH6677 under the yokeH5923 of the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 that nationH1471 will I punish,H6485(QalImpf) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 with the sword,H2719 and with the famine,H7458 and with the pestilence,H1698 until I have consumedH8552(QalInf) them by his hand.H3027 ^[9] Therefore hearkenH8085(QalImpf) not ye to your prophets,H5030 nor to your diviners,H7080(QalActPtc) nor to your dreamers,H2472 nor to your enchanters,H6049(PoelPtc) nor to your sorcerers,H3786 which speakH559(QalActPtc) unto you, saying,H559(QalInf) Ye shall not serveH5647(QalImpf) the kingH4428 of Babylon:H894 ^[10] For they prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) a lieH8267 unto you, to remove you farH7368(HiphInf) from your land;H127 and that I should drive you out,H5080(HiphPerf) and ye should perish.H6(QalPerf) ^[11] But the nationsH1471 that bringH935(HiphImpf) their neckH6677 under the yokeH5923 of the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 and serveH5647(QalPerf) him, those will I let remain stillH3240(HiphPerf) in their own land,H127 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord;H3068 and they shall tillH5647(QalPerf) it, and dwellH3427(QalPerf) therein. ^[12] I spakeH1696(PielPerf) also to ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 according to all these words,H1697 saying,H559(QalInf) BringH935(HiphImpv) your necksH6677 under the yokeH5923 of the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 and serveH5647(QalImpv) him and his people,H5971 and live.H2421(QalImpv) ^[13] Why will ye die,H4191(QalImpf) thou and thy people,H5971 by the sword,H2719 by the famine,H7458 and by the pestilence,H1698 as the LordH3068 hath spokenH1696(PielPerf) against the nationH1471 that will not serveH5647(QalImpf) the kingH4428 of Babylon?H894 ^[14] Therefore hearkenH8085(QalImpf) not unto the wordsH1697 of the prophetsH5030 that speakH559(QalActPtc) unto you, saying,H559(QalInf) Ye shall not serveH5647(QalImpf) the kingH4428 of Babylon:H894 for they prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) a lieH8267 unto you. ^[15] For I have not sentH7971(QalPerf) them, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 yet they prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) a lieH8267 in my name;H8034 that I might drive you out,H5080(HiphInf) and that ye might perish,H6(QalPerf) ye, and the prophetsH5030 that prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) unto you. ^[16] Also I spakeH1696(PielPerf) to the priestsH3548 and to all this people,H5971 saying,H559(QalInf) Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord;H3068 HearkenH8085(QalImpf) not to the wordsH1697 of your prophetsH5030 that prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) unto you, saying,H559(QalInf) Behold, the vesselsH3627 of the Lord’sH3068 houseH1004 shall now shortlyH4120 be brought againH7725(HophPtc) from Babylon:H894 for they prophesyH5012(NiphPtc) a lieH8267 unto you. ^[17] HearkenH8085(QalImpf) not unto them; serveH5647(QalImpv) the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 and live:H2421(QalImpv) wherefore should this cityH5892 be laid waste?H2723 ^[18] But if they [be] prophets,H5030 and if the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 beH3426 with them, let them now make intercessionH6293(QalImpf) to the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 that the vesselsH3627 which are leftH3498(NiphPtc) in the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and [in] the houseH1004 of the kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 and at Jerusalem,H3389 goH935(QalPerf) not to Babylon.H894 ^[19] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 concerning the pillars,H5982 and concerning the sea,H3220 and concerning the bases,H4350 and concerning the residueH3499 of the vesselsH3627 that remainH3498(NiphPtc) in this city,H5892 ^[20] Which NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894 tookH3947(QalPerf) not, when he carried away captiveH1540(HiphInf) JeconiahH3204 the sonH1121 of JehoiakimH3079 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 from JerusalemH3389 to Babylon,H894 and all the noblesH2715 of JudahH3063 and Jerusalem;H3389 ^[21] Yea, thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel,H3478 concerning the vesselsH3627 that remainH3498(NiphPtc) [in] the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and [in] the houseH1004 of the kingH4428 of JudahH3063 and of Jerusalem;H3389 ^[22] They shall be carriedH935(HophImpf) to Babylon,H894 and there shall they be until the dayH3117 that I visitH6485(QalInf) them, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord;H3068 then will I bringH5927(HiphPerf) them up, and restoreH7725(HiphPerf) them to this place.H4725

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