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Why should you choose war, famine, and disease, which the LORD will bring against every nation that refuses to submit to Babylon’s king? <a href="/esv/jeremiah/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> Why will you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/27.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/27.htm">New King James Version</a> Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Why should you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and plague, as the LORD has spoken to the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine and pestilence, as the LORD has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and pestilence, as the LORD has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine, and pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/amp/jeremiah/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine and by virulent disease, as the LORD has spoken to any nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/csb/jeremiah/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, and plague as the LORD has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, or plague as the LORD has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if you refuse, then you and your people will die from war, hunger, and disease, just as the LORD has warned. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Why should you and your people die in wars, famines, and plagues? The LORD has threatened the nations that don't serve the king of Babylon. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> Why should you and your people die in war or of starvation or disease? That is what the LORD has said will happen to any nation that does not submit to the king of Babylonia. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> Why should you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by plague as the LORD has decreed about the nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/msb/jeremiah/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/net/jeremiah/27.htm">NET Bible</a> There is no reason why you and your people should die in war or from starvation or disease! That's what the LORD says will happen to any nation that will not be subject to the king of Babylon. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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? <a href="/web/jeremiah/27.htm">World English Bible</a> Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Why do you die, you and your people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as YHWH has spoken concerning the nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Why do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/slt/jeremiah/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Wherefore will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword and by famine and by death, as Jehovah spake against the nation who will not serve the king of Babel?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Why will you die, thou and thy people by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Why should you suffer death, you and your people, by the sword, and famine, and pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken against any nation that refuses to serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Bible</a> Why should you and your people die by sword, famine, and pestilence, in accordance with the word the LORD has spoken to the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Why should you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you shall not die, you and your people, by the sword, or by starvation, or by plague, as LORD JEHOVAH spoke against the people that will not serve the King of Babel<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=8107" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/27.htm">The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar</a> …12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! 13<a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: lām·māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">should you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·me·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: ṯā·mū·ṯū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">die</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: bā·rā·‘āḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: ū·ḇad·dā·ḇer (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">and plague,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has decreed</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w (Art:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">any nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">of Babylon?</a> 14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Deuteronomy 30:15-18</a> See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster. / For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. / But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ... <a href="/2_kings/18-31.htm">2 Kings 18:31-32</a> Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, / until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-17</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, <a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19-20</a> If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31-32</a> Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Daniel 9:11-14</a> All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You. / You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. / Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth. ... <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Amos 5:4-6</a> For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! / Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing. / Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a> Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-19</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. / Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ... <a href="/john/5-40.htm">John 5:40</a> yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?why.<a href="/jeremiah/38-20.htm">Jeremiah 38:20</a> But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.<a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm">Proverbs 8:36</a> But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.<a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24,31</a> But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die… by the sword.<a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Jeremiah 27:8</a> And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar 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.<a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Jeremiah 24:9</a> And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.<a href="/jeremiah/38-2.htm">Jeremiah 38:2</a> Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-25.htm">Desiring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-16.htm">Die</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-11.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Threatened</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-16.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Desiring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-16.htm">Die</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-15.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">Threatened</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 27</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm">By the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">The like he does to Zedekiah.</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm">He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, </a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague This phrase reflects the dire consequences of disobedience to God's command through the prophet Jeremiah. The triad of "sword, famine, and plague" is a common biblical motif representing comprehensive judgment (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a>). Historically, these were real threats faced by nations during times of war and siege, particularly in the ancient Near East. The mention of these calamities underscores the severity of the situation and the urgency of heeding God's warning.as the LORD has decreed This emphasizes the divine authority behind the message. The decree of the LORD is irrevocable and highlights the sovereignty of God over nations. In the context of Jeremiah, God's decrees often come as a result of covenant violations by His people. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical theme of God's justice and the fulfillment of His word (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>).against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon This part of the verse situates the prophecy within the historical context of the Babylonian Empire's dominance. Serving the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was presented as God's will for the nations at that time. This was a period when Babylon was the instrument of God's judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a>). Theologically, it reflects the theme of submission to God's appointed authority, even when it comes through foreign powers. This can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate authority over all nations, as prophesied in <a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8-9</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance in delivering God's messages despite opposition. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His will and decrees through His prophets. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_babylon.htm">The King of Babylon</a> Refers to Nebuchadnezzar II, the ruler of the Babylonian Empire, whom God used as an instrument of judgment against nations, including Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sword,_famine,_and_plague.htm">Sword, Famine, and Plague</a> These are the threefold judgments often mentioned in the Old Testament as consequences of disobedience to God's commands. 5. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Refers to the various kingdoms surrounding Judah, which were also subject to God's decrees and judgments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_sovereignty.htm">Obedience to God's Sovereignty</a> Recognize that God is sovereign over all nations and uses rulers, even those who do not acknowledge Him, to accomplish His purposes. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Understand that disobedience to God's commands leads to severe consequences, as illustrated by the sword, famine, and plague. <a href="/topical/g/god's_use_of_nations.htm">God's Use of Nations</a> Acknowledge that God can use any nation or leader as an instrument of His judgment or blessing, reminding us of His ultimate control over world events. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> Jeremiah's message serves as a call to repentance, urging us to turn back to God to avoid the consequences of disobedience. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a> Even in difficult circumstances, trust that God's plans are for our ultimate good and His glory, as He works through history.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 27</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27's portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_fight_his_people_in_jer_21_4-7.htm">Why does Jeremiah 21:4-7 depict God actively fighting against His own people, contradicting the notion of a loving deity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Why לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what should you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you and your people וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ (wə·‘am·me·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock die תָמ֙וּתוּ֙ (ṯā·mū·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill by the sword, בַּחֶ֖רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword famine, בָּרָעָ֣ב (bā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger and plague, וּבַדָּ֑בֶר֙ (ū·ḇad·dā·ḇer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence as כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has decreed דִּבֶּ֣ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to any nation הַגּ֕וֹי (hag·gō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that does not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no serve יַעֲבֹ֖ד (ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave the king מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Babylon? בָּבֶֽל׃ (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Jeremiah 27:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:13 Why will you die you and your (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>