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 the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} to me; Make{H6213}{(H8798)} thee bonds{H4147} and yokes{H4133}, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} them upon thy neck{H6677},

And send{H7971}{(H8765)} them to the king{H4428} of Edom{H123}, and to the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124}, and to the king{H4428} of the Ammonites{H1121}{H5983}, and to the king{H4428} of Tyrus{H6865}, and to the king{H4428} of Zidon{H6721}, by the hand{H3027} of the messengers{H4397} which come{H935}{(H8802)} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063};

And command{H6680}{(H8765)} them to say{H559}{(H8800)} unto their masters{H113}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} unto your masters{H113};

I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} the earth{H776}, the man{H120} and the beast{H929} that are upon{H6440} the ground{H776}, by my great{H1419} power{H3581} and by my outstretched{H5186}{(H8803)} arm{H2220}, and have given{H5414}{(H8804)} it unto whom it seemed{H5869} meet{H3474}{(H8804)} unto me.

And now have I given{H5414}{(H8804)} 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} have I given{H5414}{(H8804)} him also to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} him.

And all nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} him, and his son{H1121}, and his son's{H1121} son{H1121}, until the very time{H6256} of his land{H776} come{H935}{(H8800)}: and then many{H7227} nations{H1471} and great{H1419} kings{H4428} shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} themselves of him.

And it shall come to pass, that the nation{H1471} and kingdom{H4467} which will not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the same Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and that will not put{H5414}{(H8799)} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, that nation{H1471} will I punish{H6485}{(H8799)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, with the sword{H2719}, and with the famine{H7458}, and with the pestilence{H1698}, until I have consumed{H8552}{(H8800)} them by his hand{H3027}.

Therefore hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not ye to your prophets{H5030}, nor to your diviners{H7080}{(H8802)}, nor to your dreamers{H2472}, nor to your enchanters{H6049}{(H8781)}, nor to your sorcerers{H3786}, which speak{H559}{(H8802)} unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}:

For they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} unto you, to remove you far{H7368}{(H8687)} from your land{H127}; and that I should drive you out{H5080}{(H8689)}, and ye should perish{H6}{(H8804)}.

But the nations{H1471} that bring{H935}{(H8686)} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} him, those will I let remain still{H3240}{(H8689)} in their own land{H127}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; and they shall till{H5647}{(H8804)} it, and dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} therein.

I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} also to Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} according to all these words{H1697}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Bring{H935}{(H8685)} your necks{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him and his people{H5971}, and live{H2421}{(H8798)}.

Why will ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}, thou and thy people{H5971}, by the sword{H2719}, by the famine{H7458}, and by the pestilence{H1698}, as the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} against the nation{H1471} that will not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}?

Therefore hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not unto the words{H1697} of the prophets{H5030} that speak{H559}{(H8802)} unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}: for they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} unto you.

For I have not sent{H7971}{(H8804)} them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, yet they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} in my name{H8034}; that I might drive you out{H5080}{(H8687)}, and that ye might perish{H6}{(H8804)}, ye, and the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} unto you.

Also I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} to the priests{H3548} and to all this people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not to the words{H1697} of your prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} unto you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, the vessels{H3627} of the LORD'S{H3068} house{H1004} shall now shortly{H4120} be brought again{H7725}{(H8716)} from Babylon{H894}: for they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} unto you.

Hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not unto them; serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and live{H2421}{(H8798)}: wherefore should this city{H5892} be laid waste{H2723}?

But if they be prophets{H5030}, and if the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} be{H3426} with them, let them now make intercession{H6293}{(H8799)} to the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, that the vessels{H3627} which are left{H3498}{(H8737)} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and in the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and at Jerusalem{H3389}, go{H935}{(H8804)} not to Babylon{H894}.

For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{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 remain{H3498}{(H8737)} in this city{H5892},

Which Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} took{H3947}{(H8804)} not, when he carried away captive{H1540}{(H8687)} 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}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, concerning the vessels{H3627} that remain{H3498}{(H8737)} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and in the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and of Jerusalem{H3389};

They shall be carried{H935}{(H8714)} to Babylon{H894}, and there shall they be until the day{H3117} that I visit{H6485}{(H8800)} them, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; then will I bring{H5927}{(H8689)} them up, and restore{H7725}{(H8689)} them to this place{H4725}.