¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the ^(A)vessels of the house of Yahweh will now shortly be returned from Babylon’; for they are prophesying a ^(B)lie to you. ¹⁷ Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city ^(C)become a waste place? ¹⁸ But ^(D)if they are prophets, and if the word of Yahweh is with them, let them now ^(E)intercede with Yahweh of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. ¹⁹ For thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the ^(F)pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, ²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he ^(G)carried away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. ²¹ Indeed, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem, ²² ‘They will be ^(H)brought to Babylon, and they will be there until the ^(I)day I ^[a]visit them,’ declares Yahweh. ‘Then I will ^(J)bring them up and return them to this place.’”