Jeremiah 27:12-15
English Standard Version
12 To (A)Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: (B)“Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and (C)serve him and his people and live. 13 (D)Why will you and your people die (E)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, (F)as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 (G)Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ (H)for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you. 15 I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but (I)they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 27:12-15
Lexham English Bible
12 And I spoke words like these to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saying,[a] “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why should you die—you and your people—by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 And you must not listen to the words of the prophets who are speaking to you, saying,[b] ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you. 15 For I have not sent them,” declares[c] Yahweh, “but they are prophesying in my name falsely,[d] so that I will drive them away. And you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 27:12 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 27:14 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 27:15 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 27:15 Literally “to the lie”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software