Jeremiah 27:17

American Standard Version

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

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Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?

Jeremiah 27:17 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 27:17 in context

  1. 15For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
  2. 16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
  3. 17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
  4. 18But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
  5. 19For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,