Jeremiah 27:2-13

Jeremiah 27:2-13

[2] Thus saith  the LORD  to me; Make  thee bonds  and yokes,  and put  them upon thy neck,  [3] And send  them to the king  of Edom,  and to the king  of Moab,  and to the king  of the Ammonites,  and to the king  of Tyrus,  and to the king  of Zidon,  by the hand  of the messengers  which come  to Jerusalem  unto Zedekiah  king  of Judah;  [4] And command  them to say  unto their masters,  Thus saith  the LORD  of hosts,  the God  of Israel;  Thus shall ye say  unto your masters;  [5] I have made  the earth,  the man  and the beast  that are upon  the ground,  by my great  power  and by my outstretched  arm,  and have given  it unto whom it seemed  meet  [6] And now have I given  all these lands  into the hand  of Nebuchadnezzar  the king  of Babylon,  my servant;  and the beasts  of the field  have I given  him also to serve  him. [7] And all nations  shall serve  him, and his son,  until the very time  of his land  come:  and then many  nations  and great  kings  shall serve  themselves of him. [8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation  and kingdom  which will not serve  the same Nebuchadnezzar  the king  of Babylon,  and that will not put  their neck  under the yoke  of the king  of Babylon,  that nation  will I punish,  saith  the LORD,  with the sword,  and with the famine,  and with the pestilence,  until I have consumed  them by his hand.  [9] Therefore hearken  not ye to your prophets,  nor to your diviners,  nor to your dreamers,  nor to your enchanters,  nor to your sorcerers,  which speak  Ye shall not serve  the king  of Babylon:  [10] For they prophesy  a lie  unto you, to remove you far  from your land;  and that I should drive you out,  and ye should perish.  [11] But the nations  that bring  their neck  under the yoke  of the king  of Babylon,  and serve  him, those will I let remain still  in their own land,  saith  the LORD;  and they shall till  it, and dwell  therein. [12] I spake  also to Zedekiah  king  of Judah  according to all these words,  saying,  Bring  your necks  under the yoke  of the king  of Babylon,  and serve  him and his people,  and live.  [13] Why will ye die,  thou and thy people,  by the sword,  by the famine,  and by the pestilence,  as the LORD  hath spoken  against the nation  that will not serve  the king  of Babylon?