Jeremiah 27:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
Jeremiah therefore said to Zedekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “If indeed you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned, and you and your household will survive.
All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. You yourself will not escape from them, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon and this city will burn.” ’
Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“because I am with you to save you and rescue you from him.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.