Jeremiah 27 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Nations to Submit to Nebuchadnezzar

In the beginning^H7225 of the reign^H4467 of [fn]Zedekiah^H6667 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977, king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, this^H2088 word^H1697 came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 from the LORD^H3068, saying^H559—

Jer 27:2

Jer 27:2this is what the LORD has said to me: “Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck,

Jer 27:3

Jer 27:3and send [fn]word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon [fn]by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Jer 27:4

Jer 27:4“Order them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “This is what you shall say to your masters:

Jer 27:5

Jer 27:5‘I have made the earth, mankind, 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 [fn]pleasing in My sight.

Jer 27:6

Jer 27:6‘And now I have handed all these lands over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have also given him the animals of the field to serve him.

Jer 27:7

Jer 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.

Jer 27:8

‘And it will be that the nation^H1471 or the kingdom^H4467 which^H834 will not serve^H5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, and will not put^H5414 its neck^H6677 under the yoke^H5923 of the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894, I will punish^H6485 that nation^H1471 with the sword^H2719, with famine^H7458, and with plague^H1698,’ declares^H5002 the LORD^H3068, ‘until^H5704 I have eliminated^H8552 [fn]it by his hand^H3027.

Jer 27:9

Jer 27:9‘And as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who talk to you, saying, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.”

Jer 27:10

Jer 27:10‘For they are prophesying a lie to you in order to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you away and you will perish.

Jer 27:11

Jer 27:11‘But the nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let remain on its land,’ declares the LORD, ‘and they will cultivate it and live in it.’”’”

Jer 27:12

I spoke^H1696 words^H1697 like all^H3605 these^H428 to Zedekiah^H6667 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, saying^H559, “Bring^H935 your necks^H6677 under the yoke^H5923 of the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 and serve^H5647 him and his people^H5971, and live^H2421!

Jer 27:13

Jer 27:13“Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and plague, as the LORD has spoken to the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Jer 27:14

Jer 27:14“So do not listen to the words of the prophets who talk to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you;

Jer 27:15

Jer 27:15for I have not sent them,” declares the LORD, “but they are prophesying falsely in My name, so that I will drive you away and that you will perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jer 27:16

Then I spoke^H1696 to the priests^H3548 and to all^H3605 this^H2088 people^H5971, saying^H559: “This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: ‘Do not listen^H8085 to the words^H1697 of your prophets^H5030 who prophesy^H5012 to you, saying^H559, “Behold^H2009, the vessels^H3627 of the LORD’S^H3068 house^H1004 will now^H6258 shortly^H4120 be brought^H7725 back^H7725 from Babylon^H894”; for they are prophesying^H5012 a lie^H8267 to you.

Jer 27:17

Jer 27:17‘Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a place of ruins?

Jer 27:18

Jer 27:18‘But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, have them now plead with the LORD of armies that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD and the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem do not go to Babylon.

Jer 27:19

Jer 27:19‘For this is what the LORD of armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the [fn]sea, concerning the kettle stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

Jer 27:20

Jer 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he led into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

Jer 27:21

Jer 27:21‘Yes, this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:

Jer 27:22

Jer 27:22“They will be brought to Babylon and will be there until the day I visit them,” declares the LORD. “Then I will bring them [fn]back and restore them to this place.”’”

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NASB20 Footnotes

Many mss Jehoiakim

Lit them

Lit by the hand of

Or upright

Or enslave him

Lit them

Lit dreams

I.e., the bronze basin or laver from the temple

(27:22)

Lit up

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The Nations to Submit to Nebuchadnezzar

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