Verse 17

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}?

Referenced Verses

• Jer 7:34 : 34 Then will I cause to cease{H7673}{(H8689)} from the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and from the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389}, the voice{H6963} of mirth{H8342}, and the voice{H6963} of gladness{H8057}, the voice{H6963} of the bridegroom{H2860}, and the voice{H6963} of the bride{H3618}: for the land{H776} shall be desolate{H2723}.
• Jer 27:11-13 : 11 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. 12 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)}. 13 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}?
• Jer 38:17 : 17 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Zedekiah{H6667}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; If thou wilt assuredly{H3318}{(H8800)} go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes{H8269}, then thy soul{H5315} shall live{H2421}{(H8804)}, and this city{H5892} shall not be burned{H8313}{(H8735)} with fire{H784}; and thou shalt live{H2421}{(H8804)}, and thine house{H1004}:
• Jer 38:23 : 23 So they shall bring out{H3318}{(H8688)} all thy wives{H802} and thy children{H1121} to the Chaldeans{H3778}: and thou shalt not escape out{H4422}{(H8735)} of their hand{H3027}, but shalt be taken{H8610}{(H8735)} by the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}: and thou shalt cause this city{H5892} to be burned{H8313}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}.