Jeremiah 27:13

13 Why should you and your people die in wars, famines, and plagues? The LORD has threatened the nations that don't serve the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 27:13

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence
Through a blockade of the Chaldean army, which would invade their land, and besiege their city, upon a refusal to be subject to their yoke: as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the
king of Babylon?
as the Lord has threatened shall be the case of any and everyone of the above nations that should refuse to be tributary to him; of which, no doubt, Zedekiah and his court had been apprized; see ( Jeremiah 27:8 ) .

Jeremiah 27:13 In-Context

11 But suppose a nation surrenders to the king of Babylon and serves him. I will let it stay in its own land. People will farm the land and live on it,'" declares the LORD.

12 I spoke the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah, "Surrender to the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and you will stay alive.

13 Why should you and your people die in wars, famines, and plagues? The LORD has threatened the nations that don't serve the king of Babylon.

14 Don't listen to the prophets who tell you that you'll never serve the king of Babylon. They are prophesying lies to you.

15 I didn't send them, declares the LORD. They prophesy lies in my name. So I will scatter you, and you and the prophets will die."