Jeremiah 27

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1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,9 cross-references: Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 27:19–20, Jeremiah 27:3, 2 Chronicles 36:11
2Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,29 cross-references: 1 Kings 11:30–31, Isaiah 20:2–4, Jeremiah 13:1–11, Jeremiah 19:1–11, Jeremiah 18:2–10
3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;23 cross-references: Amos 1:9 – Amos 2:3, Jeremiah 25:19–26, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezekiel 29:18, Ezekiel 25:1–17
4And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;7 cross-references: Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 51:19, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 25:27, Exodus 5:1
5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.78 cross-references: Jeremiah 51:15, Psalms 115:15–16, Jeremiah 32:17, Hebrews 1:10–11, Daniel 4:17
6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.34 cross-references: Jeremiah 28:14, Jeremiah 25:9, Daniel 2:37–38, Ezekiel 29:18–20, Jeremiah 43:10
7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.45 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:31, Revelation 13:5–10, Zechariah 2:8–9, Jeremiah 25:11–14, Isaiah 14:4–6
8And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.21 cross-references: Jeremiah 38:17–19, Jeremiah 24:10, Ezekiel 14:21, Ezekiel 17:19–21, Jeremiah 42:10–18
9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:34 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 29:8, Malachi 3:5, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 47:12–14
10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:31, Ezekiel 14:9–11, Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 23:25
11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.13 cross-references: Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 27:2, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 42:10–11
12I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.24 cross-references: Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 38:17, Ezekiel 17:11–21, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 27:2–3
13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?13 cross-references: Ezekiel 18:31, Jeremiah 27:8, Proverbs 8:36, Ezekiel 33:11, Jeremiah 38:20
14Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.33 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:21, 2 Corinthians 11:13–15, Jeremiah 29:8–9, 1 Kings 22:22–23
15For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.29 cross-references: Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 6:13–15, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Jeremiah 14:15–16, Matthew 24:24
16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.12 cross-references: Jeremiah 28:3, 2 Kings 24:13, Daniel 1:2, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14
17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?8 cross-references: Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 27:11–13, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 7:34
18But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.26 cross-references: 1 Samuel 7:8, 1 Samuel 12:23, 1 Samuel 12:19, Jeremiah 18:20, 1 Kings 18:24
19For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,10 cross-references: 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:17–23, 2 Kings 25:17, 2 Chronicles 4:2–16, 1 Kings 7:15–22
20Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;9 cross-references: Jeremiah 24:1, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:18, Jeremiah 22:28, 2 Kings 24:14–16
21Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
22They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.21 cross-references: Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 32:5, Ezra 7:19, Ezra 1:11, Jeremiah 25:11–12

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People in Jeremiah 27

God, Nebuchadnezzar, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, Josiah, Jeremiah, Esau, Moab, Jehoiachin

Places in Jeremiah 27

Babylon, Jerusalem, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, Edom, Sidon