All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.(A)

“As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“until through him I have destroyed it. But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,(B) dreamers, fortune-tellers,(C) or sorcerers(D) who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’

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(A)So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, (B)until the time of his land comes; (C)and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them. And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the Lord, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [a]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:9 Lit. dreams

(A)All the nations shall serve him and (B)his son and (C)his grandson, (D)until the time of his own land comes. (E)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

“‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (F)and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation (G)with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand. So (H)do not listen to your (I)prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your (J)fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’

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