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href="/bsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/27.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/27.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who talk to you, saying, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, &#8216You will not serve the king of Babylon.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And as for you, do not listen to your [counterfeit] prophets, your diviners, your dreams and dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers, who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ’ <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, &#8216Don&#8217t serve the king of Babylon!&#8217 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: <a href="/cev/jeremiah/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You might have people in your kingdom who claim they can tell the future by magic or by talking with the dead or by dreams or messages from a god. But don't pay attention if any of them tell you not to obey Nebuchadnezzar. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't listen to prophets, mediums, interpreters of dreams, fortunetellers, or sorcerers who tell you that you'll never serve the king of Babylon. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim they can predict the future, either by dreams or by calling up the spirits of the dead or by magic. They all tell you not to submit to the king of Babylonia. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> You aren't to listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, and your sorcerers who say to you, 'Don't serve the king of Babylon.' <a href="/msb/jeremiah/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ?You will not serve the king of Babylon.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/27.htm">NET Bible</a> So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, 'You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon': <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: <a href="/web/jeremiah/27.htm">World English Bible</a> But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon;” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you, you do not listen to your prophets, and to your diviners, and to your dreamers, and to your observers of clouds, and to your sorcerers who are speaking to you, saying, You do not serve the king of Babylon— <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, -- <a href="/slt/jeremiah/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And ye shall not hear to your prophets and to your divinations, and to your dreamers, and to those of you practicing magic, and to your sorcerers, which they are saying to you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babel:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king Babylon. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, you should not choose to listen to your own prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, who say to you: ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Bible</a> You, however, must not listen to your prophets, to your diviners and dreamers, to your soothsayers and sorcerers, who say to you, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.” <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You, therefore, must not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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; <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you shall not hear your lying Prophets and your Soothsayers and your Dreamers and your Enchanters and your Sorcerers, for they say to you: “You shall not serve the King of Babel!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretell events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon: <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-9.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=8058" 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> …8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand. 9<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">But as for you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: tiš·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">your prophets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7080.htm" title="7080: qō·sə·mê·ḵem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine.">your diviners,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472: ḥă·lō·mō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A dream. Or chalom; from chalam; a dream.">your interpreters of dreams,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6049.htm" title="6049: ‘ō·nə·nê·ḵem (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2mp) -- A primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from anan, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Practise magic.">your mediums,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3786.htm" title="3786: kaš·šā·p̄ê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Sorcerer. From kashaph; a magician.">or your sorcerers</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.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">declare,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></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.">‘You will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ṯa·‘aḇ·ḏū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- 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> 10For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.…<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/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a> But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” / You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” / When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3-9</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. / Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. / You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD. ... <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. <a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22-23</a> And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.” <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9-12</a> The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, ... <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a> who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6-10</a> They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, / an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. / But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. ... <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a> For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a> For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5-7</a> This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: / Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. / Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.” <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20</a> But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14-15</a> “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds. / Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end! <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore listen not you to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:hearken.<a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Jeremiah 27:14-16</a> Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you… <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.<a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16,25,32</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD… Dreamers.<a href="/isaiah/47-12.htm">Isaiah 47:12-14</a> Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-5.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Dreamers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-32.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/psalms/58-5.htm">Enchanters</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Future</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-13.htm">Interpreters</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Mediums</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-13.htm">Observers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-16.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Readers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-7.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Soothsayers</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Sorcerers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-17.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-3.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-11.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-17.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-11.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Dreamers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Enchanters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Future</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-27.htm">Interpreters</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Mediums</a> <a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Observers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Readers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-3.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/daniel/2-27.htm">Soothsayers</a> <a href="/daniel/2-2.htm">Sorcerers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-14.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Use</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'; 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These prophets are contrasted with true prophets like Jeremiah, who speak God's actual message. This highlights the biblical theme of discerning true prophecy from false, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22 and 1</a> <a href="/john/4.htm">John 4:1</a>.your diviners Divination was a common practice in the ancient Near East, used to predict the future or gain insight through various means, such as reading animal entrails or casting lots. The Bible consistently condemns such practices (<a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a>) as they rely on sources other than God for guidance. This reflects the cultural context where divination was prevalent, yet God's people were called to seek Him alone.your interpreters of dreams Dream interpretation was another method used in ancient times to discern divine messages. While God did use dreams to communicate (e.g., Joseph in <a href="/genesis/37.htm">Genesis 37</a>, Daniel in <a href="/daniel/2.htm">Daniel 2</a>), the caution here is against those who interpret dreams without divine authority. This underscores the need for discernment and reliance on God’s revelation rather than human interpretation.your mediums Mediums, or those who claim to communicate with the dead, were also part of the spiritual landscape of the time. The Bible explicitly forbids consulting mediums (<a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Leviticus 20:27</a>, <a href="/1_samuel/28.htm">1 Samuel 28</a>), as it is seen as an abomination and a form of idolatry. This prohibition emphasizes the importance of seeking God directly rather than through forbidden spiritual practices.or your sorcerers Sorcery, involving the use of magic or supernatural powers, is condemned in Scripture (<a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Exodus 22:18</a>, <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a>). In the ancient world, sorcerers were often consulted for power or protection, but God’s people are warned against such practices, which are seen as rebellion against God’s sovereignty.who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ This phrase directly addresses the false assurance given by these various figures that the nations would not fall under Babylonian rule. Historically, this was a time when Babylon was expanding its empire, and Jeremiah’s message was that God had ordained Babylon’s dominance as a form of judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm">Jeremiah 27:6-7</a>). The false prophets’ message contradicted God’s plan, illustrating the danger of listening to voices that oppose God’s revealed will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets,_diviners,_dreamers,_soothsayers,_sorcerers.htm">Prophets, Diviners, Dreamers, Soothsayers, Sorcerers</a> These are individuals who claimed to have spiritual insight or power, often leading people away from God's true message. 3. <a href="/topical/k/king_of_babylon.htm">King of Babylon</a> Refers to Nebuchadnezzar II, the ruler of Babylon, who was used by God as an instrument of judgment against Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment and exile due to its disobedience to God. 5. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> A powerful empire during Jeremiah's time, which God used to discipline His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_spiritual_guidance.htm">Discernment in Spiritual Guidance</a> Believers must exercise discernment in whom they listen to for spiritual guidance. Not all who claim to speak for God truly do so. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_prophets.htm">The Danger of False Prophets</a> False prophets can lead people away from God's will. It is crucial to test all teachings against Scripture. <a href="/topical/s/submission_to_god's_sovereignty.htm">Submission to God's Sovereignty</a> Sometimes, God uses unexpected means, like foreign powers, to accomplish His purposes. We must trust His sovereignty even when His plans are difficult to understand. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Obedience to God’s commands, even when they are hard, is essential for His people. Disobedience can lead to severe consequences. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_word.htm">Seeking God’s Word</a> In times of uncertainty, believers should seek God’s Word and His truth rather than relying on human wisdom or deceptive practices.<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/why_does_jeremiah_27_stress_obeying_babylon.htm">Why does the text in Jeremiah 27 emphasize obedience to Babylon's rule if rabbinic and later Christian teachings stress allegiance to God above earthly powers?</a> <a href="/q/am_i_the_one,_lord.htm">What does 'put words in your mouth' mean?</a> <a href="/q/is_a_pagan_prophet's_blessing_credible.htm">Numbers 23:8-10: How credible is it that a pagan prophet blesses Israel despite a king's demand to curse them, considering other biblical narratives?</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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Therefore hearken ye not to your prophets.--The almost exhaustive list of the names given to the men who claimed the power of prevision, may have had its ground in the fact that each of the five names was characteristic of this or that among the five nations to whom the message was sent. Of the names themselves, the prominent idea in "prophet" is that of full-flowing utterance; in "diviners," that of casting lots, as in <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm" title="For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.">Ezekiel 21:21</a>; in "dreamers," what the English word indicates; in enchanters, that of practising "veiled" or "secret" arts (<a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm" title="You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.">Leviticus 19:26</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm" title="There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.">Deuteronomy 18:10</a>); in "sorcerers," that of muttered and whispered spells (<a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm" title="And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?">Isaiah 8:19</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/47-9.htm" title="But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come on you in their perfection for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments.">Isaiah 47:9-13</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm" title="And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?">2Kings 9:22</a>). It is clear that the five nations of the confederacy were sustained in their rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar by a unanimity of prediction from men of all these classes like that which lured Ahab to his destruction (<a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm" title="And the LORD said to him, With which? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.">1Kings 22:22</a>). Every oracle was tuned, as it were, in favour of the policy of resistance. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - Your dreamers; rather, your dreams. So in <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8</a> the "dreams" of the people are expressly distinguished from the utterances of the prophets and soothsayers. In our passage the "dreamers" are appropriately mentioned between the "diviners" and the "enchanters," because the skill of the soothsayers partly lay in the interpretation of dreams (comp. <a href="/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8</a>; <a href="/daniel/2-2.htm">Daniel 2:2</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But as for you, וְ֠אַתֶּם (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not listen תִּשְׁמְע֨וּ (tiš·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your prophets, נְבִיאֵיכֶ֜ם (nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet your diviners, קֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֗ם (qō·sə·mê·ḵem) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7080.htm">Strong's 7080: </a> To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine your interpreters of dreams, חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (ḥă·lō·mō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2472.htm">Strong's 2472: </a> A dream your mediums, עֹֽנְנֵיכֶ֖ם (‘ō·nə·nê·ḵem) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6049.htm">Strong's 6049: </a> To act covertly, practise magic or your sorcerers כַּשָּׁפֵיכֶ֑ם (kaš·šā·p̄ê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3786.htm">Strong's 3786: </a> A magician who אֲשֶׁר־ (’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 tell אֹמְרִ֤ים (’ō·mə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say you, וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to ‘You shall not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no serve תַעַבְד֖וּ (ṯa·‘aḇ·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <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/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:9 But as for you don't you listen (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:10" /></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>