Jeremiah 27:17
“Hearken not vnto them: serue the king of Babylon, and liue: wherefore should this citie be laid waste?”
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Jeremiah 27:17 Context
15For I haue not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophecie a lye in my name, that I might driue you out, & that yee might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophecie vnto you. 16Also I spake to the priests, and to all this people, saying; Thus saith the Lord, Hearken not to the words of your prophets, that prophecie vnto you, saying; Behold, the vessels of the Lords house shall now shortly be brought againe from Babylon; for they prophecie a lie vnto you. 17Hearken not vnto them: serue the king of Babylon, and liue: wherefore should this citie be laid waste? 18But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them nowe make intercession to the Lord of hostes, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Iudah, and at Ierusalem, goe not to Babylon. 19¶ For thus saith the Lord of hostes concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remaine in this citie,
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Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
- King James Version
"Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
- Basic English Bible
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
- Darby Bible
Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?
- Webster's Bible
Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?
- World English Bible
Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible