Jeremiah 27:15-17

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¹⁵ ‘I did not send them,’ says the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies ·and saying the message is from me [^Lin my name]. So I will ·send you away [drive you out; ^Csaid to Judah]. And you and those prophets who prophesy to you will ·die [perish; Deut. 18:21–22].’”

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.