Verse 12
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}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 28:1 : 1 And it came to pass the same year,{H8141} in the beginning{H7225} of the reign{H4467} of Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} in the fourth{H7243} year,{H8141} in the fifth{H2549} month,{H2320} that Hananiah{H2608} the son{H1121} of Azzur,{H5809} the prophet,{H5030} who was of Gibeon,{H1391} spake{H559} unto me in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} in the presence{H5869} of the priests{H3548} and of all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559}
- Jer 38:17 : 17 Then said{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Zedekiah,{H6667} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} If thou wilt{H3318} go forth{H3318} unto the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then thy soul{H5315} shall live,{H2421} and this city{H5892} shall not be burned{H8313} with fire;{H784} and thou shalt live,{H2421} and thy house.{H1004}
- Ezek 17:11-21 : 11 Moreover the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559} 12 Say{H559} now to the rebellious{H4805} house,{H1004} Know{H3045} ye not what these things mean? tell{H559} them, Behold, the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} came{H935} to Jerusalem,{H3389} and took{H3947} the king{H4428} thereof, and the princes{H8269} thereof, and brought{H935} them to him to Babylon:{H894} 13 and he took{H3947} of the seed{H2233} royal,{H4410} and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with him; he also brought{H935} him under an oath,{H423} and took{H935} away the mighty{H352} of the land;{H776} 14 that the kingdom{H4467} might be base,{H8217} that it might not lift itself up,{H5375} but that by keeping{H8104} his covenant{H1285} it might stand.{H5975} 15 But he rebelled{H4775} against him in sending{H7971} his ambassadors{H4397} into Egypt,{H4714} that they might give{H5414} him horses{H5483} and much{H7227} people.{H5971} Shall he prosper?{H6743} shall he escape{H4422} that doeth{H6213} such things? shall he break{H6565} the covenant,{H1285} and yet escape?{H4422} 16 As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} surely in the place{H4725} where the king{H4428} dwelleth that made him king,{H4427} whose oath{H423} he despised,{H959} and whose covenant{H1285} he brake,{H6565} even with him in the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894} he shall die.{H4191} 17 Neither shall Pharaoh{H6547} with his mighty{H1419} army{H2428} and great{H7227} company{H6951} help{H6213} him in the war,{H4421} when they cast up{H8210} mounds{H5550} and build{H1129} forts,{H1785} to cut off{H3772} many{H7227} persons.{H5315} 18 For he hath despised{H959} the oath{H423} by breaking{H6565} the covenant;{H1285} and behold, he had given{H5414} his hand,{H3027} and yet hath done{H6213} all these things; he shall not escape.{H4422} 19 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} As I live,{H2416} surely mine oath{H423} that he hath despised,{H959} and my covenant{H1285} that he hath broken,{H6331} I will even bring{H5414} it upon his own head.{H7218} 20 And I will spread{H6566} my net{H7568} upon him, and he shall be taken{H8610} in my snare,{H4686} and I will bring{H935} him to Babylon,{H894} and will enter into judgment{H8199} with him there for his trespass{H4603} that he hath trespassed{H4604} against me. 21 And all his fugitives{H4015} in all his bands{H102} shall fall{H5307} by the sword,{H2719} and they that remain{H7604} shall be scattered{H6566} toward every wind:{H7307} and ye shall know{H3045} that I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken{H1696} it.
- 2 Chr 36:11-13 : 11 Zedekiah{H6667} was twenty{H6242} and one{H259} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eleven{H259} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} 12 and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} his God;{H430} he humbled{H3665} not himself before{H6440} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} [speaking] from the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah.{H3068} 13 And he also rebelled{H4775} against king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar,{H5019} who had made him swear{H7650} by God:{H430} but he stiffened{H7185} his neck,{H6203} and hardened{H553} his heart{H3824} against turning{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478}
- Prov 1:33 : 33 But whoso hearkeneth{H8085} unto me shall dwell{H7931} securely,{H983} And shall be quiet{H7599} without fear{H6343} of evil.{H7451}
- Jer 27:2-3 : 2 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} to me: Make{H6213} thee bonds{H4147} and bars,{H4133} and put{H5414} them upon thy neck;{H6677} 3 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}
- Jer 27:8 : 8 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}