Jeremiah 27:1-11

The Yoke of Babylon

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1} At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah^(a) son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:^(b) ^{Tools
2} “This is what the Lord said to me: Make chains and yoke bars^(A) for yourself and put them on your neck. ^{Tools
3} Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon^(B) through messengers who are coming to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem. ^{Tools
4} Command them to go to their masters, saying: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: This is what you must say to your masters: ^{Tools
5} By My great strength and outstretched arm,^(C) I made the earth,^(D) and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please.^(c)^(E) ^{Tools
6} So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant^(F) Nebuchadnezzar,^(G) king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him. ^{Tools
7} 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.^(H)

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8} “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. ^{Tools
9} But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,^(I) dreamers, fortune-tellers,^(J) or sorcerers^(K) who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’ ^{Tools
10} for they prophesy a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish. ^{Tools
11} But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate^(d) it and reside in it.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 27:1: Some Hb mss, Syr, Arabic; other Hb mss, DSS read Jehoiakim

b. Jeremiah 27:1: LXX omits this v.

c. Jeremiah 27:5: Lit to whomever is upright in My eyes

d. Jeremiah 27:11: Lit work

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 27:2: Jeremiah 28:10-13

B. Jeremiah 27:3: Jeremiah 25:21-22

C. Jeremiah 27:5: Daniel 4:17

D. Jeremiah 27:5: Isaiah 45:12

E. Jeremiah 27:5: Psalm 115:15-16

F. Jeremiah 27:6: Jeremiah 25:9

G. Jeremiah 27:6: 2 Chronicles 36:6-13

H. Jeremiah 27:7: Jeremiah 25:12

I. Jeremiah 27:9: Deuteronomy 18:10; Deuteronomy 18:14; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 29:8

J. Jeremiah 27:9: Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10; Deuteronomy 18:14; 2 Chronicles 33:6

K. Jeremiah 27:9: Exodus 7:11; Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Chronicles 33:6