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: (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. 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. (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.

‘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. 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.’”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:5 Or upright
  2. Jeremiah 27:7 Or enslave him
  3. Jeremiah 27:8 Lit them
  4. Jeremiah 27:9 Lit dreams

and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters: I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him. And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman. And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11 But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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