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Jeremiah 27:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon  through messengers who are coming to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

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The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke  a treaty of brotherhood.


‘Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army labour strenuously against Tyre.  Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labour he expended against it.


He also rebelled against  King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate  , and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel.


Be ashamed, Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: ‘I have not been in labour or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.’


Command them to go to their masters, saying, “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell this to your masters:


I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah  in the same way: ‘Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!


In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah,  in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon  said to me in the temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people,





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