In the beginning{H7225} of the reign{H4467} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} came this word{H1697} unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} to me: Make{H6213} thee bonds{H4147} and bars,{H4133} and put{H5414} them upon thy neck;{H6677}

and send{H7971} them to the king{H4428} of Edom,{H123} and to the king{H4428} of Moab,{H4124} and to the king{H4428} of the children of Ammon,{H1121} and to the king{H4428} of Tyre,{H6865} and to the king{H4428} of Sidon,{H6721} by the hand{H3027} of the messengers{H4397} that come{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah;{H3063}

and give them a charge{H6680} unto their masters,{H113} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Thus shall ye say{H559} unto your masters:{H113}

I have made{H6213} the earth,{H776} the men{H120} and the beasts{H929} that are upon{H6440} the face of the earth,{H776} by my great{H1419} power{H3581} and by my outstretched{H5186} arm;{H2220} and I give{H5414} it unto whom it seemeth{H5869} right{H3474} unto me.

And now have I given{H5414} all these lands{H776} into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} my servant;{H5650} and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} also have I given{H5414} him to serve{H5647} him.

And all the nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647} him, and his son,{H1121} and his son's{H1121} son,{H1121} until the time{H6256} of his own land{H776} come:{H935} and then many{H7227} nations{H1471} and great{H1419} kings{H4428} shall make him their bondman.{H5647}

And it shall come to pass, that the nation{H1471} and the kingdom{H4467} which will not serve{H5647} the same Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and that will not put{H5414} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} that nation{H1471} will I punish,{H6485} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} with the sword,{H2719} and with the famine,{H7458} and with the pestilence,{H1698} until I have consumed{H8552} them by his hand.{H3027}

But as for you, hearken{H8085} ye not to your prophets,{H5030} nor to your diviners,{H7080} nor to your dreams,{H2472} nor to your soothsayers,{H6049} nor to your sorcerers,{H3786} that speak{H559} unto you, saying,{H559} Ye shall not serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon:{H894}

for they prophesy{H5012} a lie{H8267} unto you, to remove you far{H7368} from your land,{H127} and that I should drive you out,{H5080} and ye should perish.{H6}

But the nation{H1471} that shall bring{H935} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and serve{H5647} him, that [nation] will I let remain{H3240} in their own land,{H127} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and they shall till{H5647} it, and dwell{H3427} therein.

And I spake{H1696} to Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} according to all these words,{H1697} saying,{H559} Bring{H935} your necks{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and serve{H5647} him and his people,{H5971} and live.{H2421}

Why will ye die,{H4191} thou and thy people,{H5971} by the sword,{H2719} by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence,{H1698} as Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} concerning the nation{H1471} that will not serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon?{H894}

And hearken{H8085} not unto the words{H1697} of the prophets{H5030} that speak{H559} unto you, saying,{H559} Ye shall not serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon;{H894} for they prophesy{H5012} a lie{H8267} unto you.

For I have not sent{H7971} them, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} but they prophesy{H5012} falsely{H8267} in my name;{H8034} that I may drive you out,{H5080} and that ye may perish,{H6} ye, and the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} unto you.

Also I spake{H1696} to the priests{H3548} and to all this people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Hearken{H8085} not to the words{H1697} of your prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} unto you, saying,{H559} Behold, the vessels{H3627} of Jehovah's{H3068} house{H1004} shall now shortly{H4120} be brought again{H7725} from Babylon;{H894} for they prophesy{H5012} a lie{H8267} unto you.

Hearken{H8085} not unto them; serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and live:{H2421} wherefore should this city{H5892} become a desolation?{H2723}

But if they be prophets,{H5030} and if the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} be{H3426} with them, let them now make intercession{H6293} to Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} that the vessels{H3627} which are left{H3498} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and in the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and at Jerusalem,{H3389} go{H935} not to Babylon.{H894}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the pillars,{H5982} and concerning the sea,{H3220} and concerning the bases,{H4350} and concerning the residue{H3499} of the vessels{H3627} that are left{H3498} in this city,{H5892}

which Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} took{H3947} not, when he carried away captive{H1540} Jeconiah{H3204} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim,{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} from Jerusalem{H3389} to Babylon,{H894} and all the nobles{H2715} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem;{H3389}

yea, thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} concerning the vessels{H3627} that are left{H3498} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and in the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and at Jerusalem:{H3389}

They shall be carried{H935} to Babylon,{H894} and there shall they be, until the day{H3117} that I visit{H6485} them, saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} then will I bring{H5927} them up, and restore{H7725} them to this place.{H4725}