Jeremiah 27:4-11

Common English Bible

⁴ Tell them to say to their masters: The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Say this to your masters:

⁵ By my great power and outstretched arm, I have made the earth and the people and animals that are on it. I can give it to anyone I please. ⁶ Now I hand over all these countries to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I even give him the wild animals as subjects. ⁷ All nations will serve him, his son and grandson, until the time for his land arrives; then many nations and great kings will conquer him.

⁸ As for the nation or country that won’t serve Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar and won’t put its neck under his yoke, I will punish it with sword, famine, and disease until I have destroyed it by his hand, declares the Lord. ⁹ As for you, don’t listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers,^[a] mediums, or your sorcerers who say to you, “Don’t serve the king of Babylon.” ¹⁰ They are lying to you, and their lies will lead to banishment from your land. I will drive you out, and you will perish. ¹¹ But any nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let stay in its land to till it and live on it, declares the Lord.