Jeremiah:27

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* In the beginning of the reign of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying , * Thus said the Lord to me , Make for thyself bands and yoke –bars , and put them around thy neck , * And send such to the king of Edom , and to the king of Moab , and to the king of the children of ‘Ammon , and to the king of Tyre , and to the king of Zidon , by means of the messengers who come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah the king of Judah ; * And thou shalt charge them unto their masters , saying , Thus hath said the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , Thus shall ye say unto your masters , * It is I who have made the earth , the men , and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth , by my great power and by my outstretched arm , and I have given it unto the one who seemeth proper in my eyes . * And now it is I who have given all these countries into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon , my servant ; and also the beasts of the field have I given him to serve him . * And all nations shall serve him , and his son , and his son ’s son , until the time of his land is also come in its turn : when many nations and great kings shall make it serve . * And it shall come to pass , that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve him , Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon , and that will not put its neck in the yoke of the king of Babylon ,––even that nation will I punish with the sword , and with the famine , and with the pestilence , saith the Lord , until I have made an end of them by his hand . * But do ye not hearken to your prophets , and to your diviners , and to your dreamers , and to your enchanters , and to your sorcerers , who speak unto you , saying , Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon ; * For falsehood do they prophesy unto you , in order to remove you far from your land ; and that I might drive you out , and that ye might perish . * But the nation that will bring its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon , and serve him ,––that one will I then let remain quietly in its own land , saith the Lord : and it shall till it , and dwell therein . * And unto Zedekiah the king of Judah did I speak in accordance with all these words , saying , Bring your neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon , and serve him and his people , that ye may live . * Why will ye die , thou and thy people , by the sword , by the famine , and by pestilence , as the Lord hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon ? * And do ye not hearken unto the words of the prophets that say unto you , as followeth , Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon ; for a falsehood do they prophesy unto you . * For I have not sent them , saith the Lord , yet they prophesy in my name falsely : in order that I might drive you out , and that ye might perish , ye , and the prophets that prophesy unto you . * And unto the priests and unto all this people did I speak , saying , Thus hath said the Lord , Do not hearken to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you , saying , Behold , the vessels of the house of the Lord shall be brought again from Babylon now speedily ; for a falsehood do they prophesy unto you . * Hearken not unto them ; serve the king of Babylon , that ye may live : wherefore should this city become a ruin ? * And if they be prophets , and if the word of the Lord be with them , let them now make intercession with the Lord of hosts , that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord , and in the house of the king of Judah , and at Jerusalem , may not be carried to Babylon . * For thus hath said the Lord of hosts of the pillars , and concerning the sea , and concerning the bases , and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city , * Which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon did not take away , when he carried away into exile Jechonyah the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon , with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ; * for thus hath said the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord , and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem , * Unto Babylon shall they be carried , and there shall they remain until the day that I think of them , saith the Lord , when I will bring them up , and restore them to this place .

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