Jeremiah 27:1-11

Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar

1 Early in the reign of Zedekiah[a] son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.
3 Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters:
5 With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.
6 Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.
7 All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
8 “ ‘ “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.
9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
10 They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.
11 But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the LORD.” ’ ”

Cross References 29

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 36:11
  • 2. S Leviticus 26:13; S 1 Kings 22:11; Jeremiah 28:10,13
  • 3. S Jeremiah 25:17
  • 4. S Jeremiah 25:21
  • 5. S Genesis 10:15; S Jeremiah 25:22
  • 6. S Deuteronomy 9:29
  • 7. S Genesis 1:1
  • 8. S Genesis 1:25
  • 9. Psalms 115:16; Daniel 4:17
  • 10. S Jeremiah 25:9
  • 11. S Jeremiah 21:7; Ezekiel 29:18-20
  • 12. Jeremiah 28:14; Daniel 2:37-38
  • 13. S 2 Chronicles 36:20; Daniel 5:18
  • 14. S Jeremiah 25:12
  • 15. S Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 51:47; Daniel 5:28
  • 16. Jeremiah 9:16
  • 17. Jeremiah 21:9
  • 18. S Jeremiah 5:12
  • 19. S Jeremiah 14:12
  • 20. Ezekiel 13:1-23
  • 21. S Genesis 30:27; S Isaiah 44:25
  • 22. S Deuteronomy 13:1; S Jeremiah 23:25
  • 23. S Deuteronomy 18:11
  • 24. S Exodus 7:11
  • 25. Jeremiah 6:14
  • 26. S Jeremiah 23:25; S Mark 13:5
  • 27. S 2 Kings 23:27
  • 28. S Jeremiah 21:9
  • 29. Deuteronomy 6:2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts "Jehoiakim" (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)
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