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I give it to anyone I please.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.27.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.5.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of my servant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Nebuchadnezzar,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“ ‘ “As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague — this is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration — until through him I have destroyed it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> dreamers, fortune-tellers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> or sorcerers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They are prophesying a lie<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.27.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> it and reside in it. This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.” ’ ”</p><h3 class="head1">Warning to Zedekiah</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live! <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Why should you and your people die<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> by the sword, famine, and plague as the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are telling you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘I have not sent them’ — this is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration — ‘and they are prophesying falsely in my name; therefore, I will banish you, and you will perish — you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.’ ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then I spoke to the priests and all these people, saying, “This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says: ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets. They are prophesying to you, claiming, “Look, very soon now the articles of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s temple will be brought back from Babylon.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> They are prophesying a lie to you. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If they are indeed prophets and if the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is with them, let them intercede with the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies not to let the articles that remain in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem go to Babylon.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For this is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies says about the pillars, the basin,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.27.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the water carts,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and the rest of the articles that still remain in this city, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>those King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he deported Jeconiah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jeremiah.27.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon along with all the nobles of Judah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and Jerusalem. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Yes, this is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the temple of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jeremiah.27.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>‘They will be taken to Babylon and will remain there until I attend to them again.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration. ‘Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jeremiah.27.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Jeremiah.27" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.1">27:1</a></span> Some Hb mss, Syr, Arabic; other Hb mss, DSS read <span class="italic">Jehoiakim</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.1.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.1">27:1</a></span> LXX omits this v.</aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.5">27:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">to whomever is upright in my eyes</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.11">27:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">work</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.19">27:19</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">sea</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jeremiah.27.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.20">27:20</a></span> = Jehoiachin</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Jeremiah.27" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.1">27:1</a></span> 2Kg 24:17; Jr 1:3; 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.2">27:2</a></span> Jr 28:10–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.2">27:2</a></span> Jr 2:20; 5:5; 30:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.3">27:3</a></span> Jr 25:21–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.5">27:5</a></span> Dt 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 1Kg 8:42; Ps 136:12; Jr 32:17,21; Ezk 20:33–34</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.5">27:5</a></span> Is 45:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.5.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.5">27:5</a></span> Ps 115:15–16; Dn 4:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.6">27:6</a></span> Is 44:28; Jr 25:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.6">27:6</a></span> 2Kg 24:11; 25:22; 2Ch 36:6–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.7">27:7</a></span> Jr 25:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.9">27:9</a></span> Dt 18:10,14; Jr 14:14; 29:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.9">27:9</a></span> Lv 19:26; Dt 18:10,14; 2Ch 33:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.9">27:9</a></span> Ex 7:11; Dt 18:10; 2Ch 33:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.10">27:10</a></span> Jr 5:31; 14:14; 20:6; 23:25–26,32; 27:14–16; 29:9,21,31</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.12">27:12</a></span> Jr 28:1; 38:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.13">27:13</a></span> Ezk 18:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.14">27:14</a></span> Jr 14:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.16">27:16</a></span> 2Kg 24:13; 2Ch 36:7,10; Jr 28:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.17">27:17</a></span> Jr 7:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.19">27:19</a></span> 2Kg 25:13,16; Jr 52:17,20</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.20">27:20</a></span> Neh 6:17; 13:17; Jr 39:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.22">27:22</a></span> Jr 29:10; 32:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jeremiah.27.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jeremiah.27.22">27:22</a></span> Ezr 1:7–11; 5:13–15; 7:19</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Jeremiah.27" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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