Jeremiah 27:16-22

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¹⁶ Then I [^CJeremiah] said to the priests and all this people, “This is what the Lord says: Those false prophets are saying, ‘The ·Babylonians will soon return what they took from the Temple of the Lord [^Lvessels of the house of the Lord will be returned from Babylon; 2 Kin. 24:13; Dan. 1:2].’ Don’t listen to them! They are prophesying lies to you. ¹⁷ Don’t listen to those prophets. But serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. ·There is no reason for you to cause Jerusalem to [^LWhy should this city…?] become a ruin. ¹⁸ If they are prophets and have the ·message from [word of] the Lord, let them ·pray to [^Lintercede with] the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. Let them ask that the ·items [vessels] which ·are still [^Lremain] in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and in the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse] and in Jerusalem not ·be taken away [^Lgo] to Babylon.

¹⁹ “This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says about those ·items [vessels] left in this city [^CJerusalem]: the pillars [1 Kin. 7:15–22], the Sea [1 Kin. 7:23–26], the stands [1 Kin. 7:27–37] and other things [^Cbronze basins, various altars, lampstands, and more]. ²⁰ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take these away when he ·took as captives [exiled] Jehoiachin [^LJeconiah] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the ·other important people [nobles] from Judah and Jerusalem to Babylon. ²¹ This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], the God of Israel, says about the ·items [vessels] left in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and in the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse] and in Jerusalem: ²² ‘·All of them will also be taken [^LThey will be brought] to Babylon. And they will stay there until the day I ·go to get [attend to] them,’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them back and return them to this place.’”