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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 Lamsa Bible</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Lamsa</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>IN the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD to me: Make yourself yokes and bands, and put them on your neck, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Zidon by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>I have made the earth and the men and the beasts that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And now I have given all these lands to serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the very time of his land shall come; many nations and great kings shall serve him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>And the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword and with famine, and with pestilence, says the LORD, until I have delivered them into his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore do not listen to your false prophets nor to your diviners nor to your dreamers nor to your enchanters nor to your magicians, who say to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>For it is a lie which they are prophesying to you, that I may drive you out from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will leave on its own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it and dwell in it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>I spoke 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>So that you may not die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, according to that which the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore do not listen to the words of the false prophets who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>For I have not sent them, says the LORD; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>I spoke also to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD: Do not hearken to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying. Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not listen to them, says the LORD, but serve the king of Babylon and live, that this city might not become a desolation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>But if they are prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, then let them beseech 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 in Jerusalem be not taken to Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the princes of Judah and Jerusalem; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they remain until the day when I visit them, says the LORD; then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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