Jeremiah 27:17
What does Jeremiah 27:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 27:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
Context
v.16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
v.17This passage
v.18But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 38:23
And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
- Jeremiah 27:11
But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
- Jeremiah 38:17
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.
- Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
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