Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Jeremiah:
Chapter 27
1. IN the
beginning of the reign of Je-hoi-a-kim the son of Josiah king of Judah
came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2. Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them
upon thy neck.
3. And 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 Zed-e-ki-ah
king of Judah;
4. And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
5. I 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.
6. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Neb-u-chad-nez-zar
the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I
given him also to serve him.
7. And 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.
8. and it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Neb-u-chad-nez-zar 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.
9. Therefore 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:
10. For 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. But 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.
12. I spake also to Zed-e-ki-ah 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.
13. Why 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?
14. Therefore 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.
15. For 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.
16. Also 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.
17. Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
wherefore should this city be laid waste?
18. But 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.
19. For 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.
20. Which Neb-u-chad-nez-zar king of Babylon took not, when he carried
away captive Jec-o-ni-ah the son of Je-hoi-a-kim king of Judah from
Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
21. Yea, 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;
22. They 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.
Nov. 2 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 28
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