The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Jeremiah 26:20 (NASB)
Indeed, there was also a man who used to prophesy in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah.

 

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Jeremiah 26:21 (CSB)

King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death.
When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt

 

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Jeremiah 26:22 (CSB)

But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.

 

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Jeremiah 26:23 (BSB)
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

 

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Jeremiah 26:24 (ESV)
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.

 

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Jeremiah 27:1 (NIV)

Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

 

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Jeremiah 27:2 (NIV)

this is what the Lord said to me: ‘Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck

 

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Jeremiah 27:3 (NKJV)
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 Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

 

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Jeremiah 27:4 (NKJV)
And command them to say to their masters, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel—thus you shall say to your masters:

 

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Jeremiah 27:5 (CSB)

“By my great strength and outstretched arm, I made the earth, and the people, and animals on the face of the earth.
I give it to anyone I please.

 

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Jeremiah 27:6 (CSB)

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So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.

 

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Jeremiah 27:7 (NASB)
All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.

 

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Jeremiah 27:8 (ESV)
But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the LORD, until I have consumed it by his hand.

 

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Jeremiah 27:9 (CSB)

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!’

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 27:10 (CSB)

They are prophesying a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land.
I will banish you, and you will perish.

 

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Jeremiah 27:11 (CSB)

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 it and reside in it. This is the Lord’s declaration.

 

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Jeremiah 27:12 (ESV)
To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.

 

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Jeremiah 27:13 (BSB)
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?

 

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Jeremiah 27:14 (NASB)
So do not listen to the words of the prophets who talk to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you;

 

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Jeremiah 27:15 (NIV)

15 “I have not sent them,” declares the Lord. “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.”’