Jeremiah 27 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ In the beginning of the reign of Yehoyaqim son of Yoshiyahu, the sovereign of Yehuḏ

² “This is what יהוה  said to me, ‘Make for yourselves bands and yokes. Then you shall put them on your neck,

³ and shall send them to the sovereign of Eḏ

⁴ ‘And you shall command them to say to their masters, “Thus said יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

⁵ ‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm. And I shall give it to whom it seemed right in My eyes.

⁶ ‘And now, I have given all these lands into the hand of Neḇ

⁷ ‘And all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land comes. And then many nations and great sovereigns shall make him serve them.

⁸ ‘And it shall be, the nation and reign that do not serve Neḇ

⁹ ‘So do not listen to your prophets, or to your diviners, or to your dreamers, or to your observers of clouds, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “Do not serve the sovereign of Baḇ

¹⁰ ‘For they are prophesying falsehood to you, to remove you far from your land. And I shall drive you out, and you shall perish.

¹¹ ‘But the nations that bring their necks under the yoke of the sovereign of Baḇ

¹² And I spoke to Tsiḏ

¹³ “Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the scarcity of food, and by the pestilence, as יהוה  has spoken against the nation that does not serve the sovereign of Baḇ

¹⁴ “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘Do not serve the sovereign of Baḇ

¹⁵ for I have not sent them,” declares יהוה, “yet they prophesy falsehood in My Name, in order that I drive you out. Then you shall perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, “See, the vessels of the House of יהוה  are brought back from Baḇ

¹⁷ ‘Do not listen to them. Serve the sovereign of Baḇ

¹⁸ ‘But if they are prophets, and if the word of יהוה  is with them, let them now make intercession to יהוה  of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the House of יהוה, and in the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

¹⁹ “For thus said יהוה  of hosts concerning the columns, and concerning the Sea, and concerning the stands, and concerning the remainder of the vessels which are left in this city,

²⁰ which Neḇ

²¹ thus said יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

²² ‘They shall be brought to Baḇ