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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 27 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Jeremiah 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/26.htm" title="Jeremiah 26">◄</a> Jeremiah 27 <a href="../jeremiah/28.htm" title="Jeremiah 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/jeremiah/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Early in the reign of Zedekiah <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiakim (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)">a</a></sup></span> son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the <span class="name">Lord</span>: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“ ‘ “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>, until I destroy it by his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.” ’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the <span class="name">Lord</span> has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘I have not sent them,’ declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then I said to the priests and all these people, “This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, ‘Very soon now the articles from the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If they are prophets and have the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, let them plead with the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the <span class="name">Lord</span> and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For this is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea, the movable stands and the other articles that are left in this city, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin">b</a></sup></span> son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>yes, this is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the <span class="name">Lord</span> and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>‘They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,’ declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ ”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts <i>Jehoiakim</i> (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Jeconiah,</i> a variant of <i>Jehoiachin</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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