Jeremiah 27:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, do not choose to listen to them, but instead, serve the king of Babylon, so that you may live. Why should this city be given over into desolation?

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Do not listen to them or heed them; serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be laid waste?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Don’t listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Otherwise, this city will be reduced to ruin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?

Jeremiah 27:17 Cross References

Jeremiah 38:17

And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If, having set out, you go to the rulers of the king of Babylon, your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. And you and your house will be safe.

Jeremiah 38:23

And all your wives and your sons will be led away to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hands. Instead, you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will burn this city with fire."

Jeremiah 42:11

Do not be afraid before the face of the king of Babylon, whom you have dreaded with great fear. Do not dread him, says the Lord. For I am with you, so that I may accomplish your salvation, and so that I may rescue you from his hand.

Jeremiah 7:34

And from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. For the land will be in utter desolation."