⁴ Order them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “This is what you shall say to your masters: ⁵ ‘^(A)I have made the earth, mankind, and the animals which are on the face of the earth ^(B)by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will ^(C)give it to the one who is ^[a]pleasing in My sight. ⁶ And now I ^(D)have handed all these lands over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(E)My servant, and I have also given him the ^(F)animals of the field to serve him. ^7 (G)All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson ^(H)until the time of his own land comes; then ^(I)many nations and great kings will ^[b]make him their servant.

⁸ ‘And it will be that the nation or the kingdom which ^(J)will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the ^(K)sword, with famine, and with plague,’ declares the Lord, ‘until I have eliminated ^[c]it by his hand. ⁹ And as for you, ^(L)do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your ^[d]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who talk to you, saying, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.” ¹⁰ For they are prophesying a ^(M)lie to you in order to ^(N)remove you far from your land; and I will drive you away and you will perish. ¹¹ But the nation that will ^(O)bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will ^(P)let remain on its land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and they will cultivate it and live in it.’”’”