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beasts of the field I have also given him to and if the word of the LORD is with them, let
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serve him. So all nations shall serve him and them now make intercession to the LORD of
his son and his son’s son, until the time of his hosts, that the vessels which are left in the
land comes; and then many nations and great house of the LORD, in the house of the king of
kings shall make him serve them. And it shall Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babylon.’
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be, that the nation and kingdom which will not 19 “For thus says the LORD of hosts concern-
serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ing the pillars, concerning the Sea, concern-
and which will not put its neck under the yoke ing the carts, and concerning the remainder
of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ of the vessels that remain in this city, which
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says the LORD, ‘with the sword, the famine, and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take,
the pestilence, until I have consumed them by when he carried away captive Jeconiah the
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his hand. Therefore do not listen to your son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusa-
lem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah
and Jerusalem— yes, thus says the LORD of
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hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the ves-
sels that remain in the house of the LORD, and
27:8 yoke of…Babylon. The point of the in the house of the king of Judah and of Jeru-
object lesson is simple. Any nation that will 22
serve Babylon willingly may stay in their own salem: ‘They shall be carried to Babylon, and
land, but nations that will not submit volun- there they shall be until the day that I visit
tarily to Babylon will suffer destruction. them,’ says the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them
Consequently, Judah should submit and not up and restore them to this place.’ ”
be removed from the land (vv. 9–18). And it happened in the same year, at
28 the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
king of Judah, in the fourth year and in the
prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the
soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in
you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of the house of the LORD in the presence of the
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Babylon.” For they prophesy a lie to you, to priests and of all the people, saying, “Thus
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remove you far from your land; and I will drive speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
you out, and you will perish. But the nations saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of
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that bring their necks under the yoke of the Babylon. Within two full years I will bring
king of Babylon and serve him, I will let them back to this place all the vessels of the LORD’s
remain in their own land,’ says the LORD, ‘and house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
they shall till it and dwell in it.’ ” ’ ” took away from this place and carried to
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12 I also spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah Babylon. And I will bring back to this place
according to all these words, saying, “Bring
your necks under the yoke of the king of
Babylon, and serve him and his people, and
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live! Why will you die, you and your people, by
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, 28:2,3 I have broken the yoke. The false
prophet, of the kind Jeremiah warned of in
as the LORD has spoken against the nation that 27:14–16,boldly predicted victory over Babylon
will not serve the king of Babylon? Therefore and the return of the temple vessels within two
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do not listen to the words of the prophets who years.In actuality,Babylon achieved its third and
speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the final step in conquering Judah 11 years later
king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you; (586 B.C.) as in chapters 39,40, and 52.
15 for I have not sent them,” says the LORD, “yet
they prophesy a lie in My name, that I may
drive you out, and that you may perish, you and Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah,
the prophets who prophesy to you.” with all the captives of Judah who went to
16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this Babylon,’ says the LORD, ‘for I will break the
people, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Do not yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
listen to the words of your prophets who 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the
prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, the vessels prophet Hananiah in the presence of the
of the LORD’s house will now shortly be priests and in the presence of all the people
brought back from Babylon”; for they proph- who stood in the house of the LORD, and the
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esy a lie to you. Do not listen to them; serve prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! The LORD do
the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this so; the LORD perform your words which you
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city be laid waste? But if they are prophets, have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of
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