Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
At
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came
to
Jeremiah from the
LORD.
In
the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
the
son of Josiah ,
king of Judah, came
this word unto
Jeremiah from Jehovah,
saying,
This
is
what
the
LORD
said
to me: “
Make for
yourself
a
yoke
out
of
leather
straps
and put it
on
your
neck .
Thus
saith
Jehovah
to me: Make thee
bonds
and bars,
and
put them
upon
thy
neck ;
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 .
and
send them
to the king
of Edom, and
to
the
king
of
Moab, and
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon, and
to
the
king
of
Tyre, and to
the
king
of
Sidon ,
by
the hand
of
the
messengers
that
come to Jerusalem unto
Zedekiah king of Judah ;
Give them a message
from
the
LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel, to
relay
to
their
masters:
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:
By
My
great
power
and
outstretched
arm,
I made the earth and
the men and beasts on
the face of it
, and I give it to
whom I
please
.
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
.
So
now I
have placed
all these lands under
the authority
of My
servant
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon .
I
have
even
made
the beasts of the field subject
to him.
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.
All nations will
serve him and his son and grandson
, until the time of his own land comes;
then many nations and great kings will
enslave
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
.
As
for
the nation or
kingdom that
does
not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does
not place
its
neck under his
yoke, I
will
punish
that nation by
sword and famine and
plague
, declares
the LORD
, until I have destroyed
it
by his hand.
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, do
not listen
to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters
of
dreams, your mediums
, or
your sorcerers who
declare
, ‘
You will
not serve the king of Babylon .’
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 :
For they prophesy to
you
a lie that
will
serve
to remove you from your land ;
I will
banish
you and you
will
perish.
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.
But the nation that will
put
its
neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I
will leave
in its
own land, to
cultivate
it
and reside
in
it, declares
the
LORD
. ”
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
.
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I
spoke
the
same
message:
“Put
your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon ;
serve him and his people, and live !
And I
spake
to Zedekiah king of Judah according
to
all
these
words,
saying,
Bring
your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon ,
and
serve him and his people, and live .
Why should
you
and your
people die
by sword and
famine and plague
, as the LORD
has
decreed
against
any
nation that does
not serve the king of Babylon?
Why will
ye
die,
thou
and thy
people ,
by the
sword ,
by
the
famine ,
and by
the
pestilence
, as Jehovah
hath
spoken
concerning
the nation that will
not serve the king of Babylon?
Do
not listen
to
the words of the prophets who
say,
‘
You must
not serve the king of Babylon ,’
for they are
prophesying
to
you
a lie.
And
hearken
not unto
the words of the prophets that
speak
unto
you ,
saying,
Ye
shall
not serve the king of Babylon ;
for they prophesy
a lie unto
you
.
For I have not sent them, declares
the
LORD
, and
yet
they are
prophesying
falsely in My name; therefore
I will
banish
you, and you
will
perish —you
and the prophets who
prophesy to
you. ”
For I have not sent them, saith
Jehovah
, but
they prophesy
falsely in my name; that
I may
drive
you out
, and that
ye
may
perish ,
ye,
and the prophets that
prophesy unto
you.
Then
I said
to the priests and to all this people, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: Do
not listen
to the words of your prophets who
prophesy to
you, saying, ‘Look
, very
soon
now
the articles
from
the
house
of the
LORD
will
be brought back
from Babylon .’
They are
prophesying
to
you
a lie.
Also
I spake
to the priests and to all this people, saying,
Thus
saith
Jehovah
: Hearken
not to the words of your prophets that
prophesy unto
you, saying, Behold
, the vessels
of Jehovah's
house
shall
now
shortly
be brought again
from Babylon ;
for
they prophesy
a lie unto
you
.
Do
not listen
to
them .
Serve the king of Babylon and live !
Why
should this city become a ruin
?
Hearken
not unto
them ;
serve the king of Babylon ,
and live :
wherefore
should this city become a desolation
?
If they are
indeed
prophets and the word of the
LORD
is
with them, let them now plead
with
the
LORD
of Hosts that the articles
remaining
in the house of the
LORD
, in the palace
of the king of Judah, and in
Jerusalem, not be
taken
to Babylon.
But
if they be
prophets ,
and if
the word of Jehovah
be
with them, let them now make
intercession
to
Jehovah
of hosts ,
that the vessels
which
are
left
in the house of Jehovah
, and
in the house
of the king of Judah, and at
Jerusalem, go
not to Babylon.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
about
the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest
of the articles
that remain
in this city,
For thus
saith
Jehovah
of hosts concerning
the pillars, and
concerning
the sea, and
concerning
the bases, and concerning
the residue
of the vessels
that are
left
in this city,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did
not take
when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into
exile
from Jerusalem to Babylon, along
with
all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem .
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took
not ,
when he carried away
captive
Jeconiah the
son of Jehoiakim ,
king of Judah ,
from Jerusalem to Babylon, and
all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem ;
Yes
, this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel, says
about
the articles
that remain
in the house of the
LORD
, in the palace
of the king of Judah, and in
Jerusalem:
yea
, thus
saith
Jehovah
of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning
the vessels
that are
left
in the house of Jehovah
, and
in the house
of the king of Judah, and at
Jerusalem:
‘
They will
be carried to Babylon and will
remain
there until the day I attend
to
them again
, ’
declares
the
LORD.
‘
Then I
will bring them back
and restore them to this place. ’”
They shall
be carried to Babylon ,
and there shall
they
be,
until the day that
I visit
them, saith
Jehovah;
then will I
bring them up,
and restore them to this place.
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