Jeremiah 27:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? Common English Bible Don’t listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Otherwise, this city will be reduced to ruin. Catholic Public Domain Version 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation? |
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will only surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
“All your wives and your children shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”
Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, as you have been; do not be afraid of him, says the Lord, for I am with you, to save you and to rescue you from his hand.
And I will bring to an end the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of the bride and bridegroom in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for the land shall become a waste.