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Jeremiah 27:17

Babylon
Obedience

15 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.”

16 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.

Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?

18 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.

19 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,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
KJV
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
WEB
Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
ASV
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
DARBY
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
BLB
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city be laid waste?
ÅB
Hør ikke på dem, tjen Babels konge, så skal dere leve. Hvorfor skal denne by bli til en ørken?
OTB
Ikke hør på dem. Tjen kongen av Babylon, så skal dere leve. Hvorfor skulle denne byen bli øde?
B1930
Hør ikke på dem, tjen Babels konge, så skal I leve. Hvorfor skal denne by bli til en ørken?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 38:23

    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

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  • Jeremiah 38:17

    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

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  • Jeremiah 27:11–13

    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.”

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  • Jeremiah 7:34

    I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

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