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Jeremiah 27 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

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In the beginning of the reign of [fn]Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:2 - thus says Yahweh to me-“Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - and you shall send [fn]word to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the sons of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the hand of messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:4 - “And you shall command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - “I have made the earth, the men, and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is right in My eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:6 - “So now, I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have given him even the wild beasts of the field to serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:7 - “All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will [fn]make him their servant.

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“And it will be, that the nation or the kingdom which will 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 sword, with famine, and with pestilence,” declares Yahweh, “until I have brought [fn]it to an end by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - “But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - “For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far from your land; and I will banish you, and you will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - “But the nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it on its land,” declares Yahweh, “and they will serve it and inhabit it.”’”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:13 - “Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - “So do 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 lie to you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - for I have not sent them,” declares Yahweh, “but they prophesy a lie in My name, in order that I may banish you and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

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Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the house of Yahweh will now shortly be returned from Babylon’; for they are prophesying a lie to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:17 - “Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a waste place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - “But if they are prophets, and if the word of Yahweh is with them, let them now intercede with Yahweh of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:19 - “For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:20 - which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:21 - “Indeed, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:22 - ‘They will be brought to Babylon, and they will be there until the day I [fn]visit them,’ declares Yahweh. ‘Then I will bring them up and return them to this place.’”
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Many mss Jehoiakim
Lit them
Or enslave him
Lit them
Lit dreams
Same Heb root as “punish” in Jer, cf. 5:9; 9:8; 29:32; 30:20
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