Jeremiah 27:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Meanwhile, the nation or the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, or bend its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and pestilence—oracle of the Lord—until I finish them by his hand.(A)
9 You, however, must not listen to your prophets,[a] to your diviners and dreamers, to your soothsayers and sorcerers, who say to you, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.”(B) 10 For they prophesy lies to you, so as to drive you far from your land, making me banish you so that you perish.(C)
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- 27:9 Your prophets: seers and diviners served non-Israelite kings just as the professional prophets served the kings of Judah.
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