Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin? New Living Translation Do not listen to them. Surrender to the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this whole city be destroyed? English Standard Version Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation? Berean Standard Bible Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? King James Bible Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? New King James Version Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city be laid waste? New American Standard Bible Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a place of ruins? NASB 1995 “Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin? NASB 1977 “Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin? Legacy Standard Bible Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a waste place? Amplified Bible Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin? Christian Standard Bible Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? American Standard Version Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? Contemporary English Version If you choose to obey the king of Babylonia, you will live. But if you listen to those prophets, this whole city will be nothing but a pile of rubble. English Revised Version Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't listen to them. Instead, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be turned into rubble? Good News Translation Don't listen to them! Submit to the king of Babylonia and you will live! Why should this city become a pile of ruins? International Standard Version Don't listen to them! Serve the king of Babylon and you'll live. Why should this city become a ruin? Majority Standard Bible Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? NET Bible Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?'" New Heart English Bible Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?' Webster's Bible Translation Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? World English Bible Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live! Why is this city a ruin? Young's Literal Translation Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste? Smith's Literal Translation Ye shall not hear to them; serve ye the king of Babel, and live: wherefore shall this city be laid waste? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation? Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, do not choose to listen to them, but instead, serve the king of Babylon, so that you may live. Why should this city be given over into desolation? New American Bible Do not listen to them! Serve the king of Babylon that you may live. Why should this city become rubble? New Revised Standard Version Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleDo not listen to them, says the LORD, but serve the king of Babylon and live, that this city might not become a desolation. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do not listen to them, says LORD JEHOVAH. Serve the King of Babel and live, and this city will not be desolate OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate? Brenton Septuagint Translation I sent them not. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar…16Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie. 17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin? 18If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.… Cross References Jeremiah 21:9 Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. Jeremiah 38:2 “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live. 2 Kings 24:12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive. 2 Kings 25:11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. 2 Chronicles 36:17-20 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ... Ezekiel 17:12-21 “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon. / He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land, / so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant. ... Ezekiel 21:25-27 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’ Lamentations 1:5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy. Lamentations 2:2 Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Daniel 9:7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. Matthew 24:15-16 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Luke 21:20-22 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. John 11:48-50 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” / But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! / You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.” Treasury of Scripture Listen not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? serve. Jeremiah 27:11,12 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… wherefore. Jeremiah 27:13 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? Jeremiah 38:17,23 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: … Jump to Previous Attention Babylon City Desolate Desolation Hearken Live Ruin Servants Serve Waste Wherefore YourselvesJump to Next Attention Babylon City Desolate Desolation Hearken Live Ruin Servants Serve Waste Wherefore YourselvesJeremiah 27 1. By the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings8. He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets. 12. The like he does to Zedekiah. 19. He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, Do not listen to them This phrase is a direct command from God through the prophet Jeremiah. In the Hebrew text, the word for "listen" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which means to hear intelligently, often with the implication of attention and obedience. In the context of Jeremiah 27, God is warning the people of Judah not to heed the false prophets who were promising peace and safety. Historically, this was a time of great turmoil, as Babylon was rising in power and threatening Jerusalem. The false prophets were giving the people a false sense of security, contrary to God's true message delivered by Jeremiah. This serves as a timeless reminder for believers to discern the voices they listen to, ensuring they align with God's truth. serve the king of Babylon for I have warned you Why should this city become a ruin? Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not listen תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (tiš·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to them. אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Serve עִבְד֥וּ (‘iḇ·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and live! וִֽחְי֑וּ (wiḥ·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2421: To live, to revive Why לָ֧מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should this הַזֹּ֖את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, city הָעִ֥יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement become תִֽהְיֶ֛ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a ruin? חָרְבָּֽה׃ (ḥā·rə·bāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin Links Jeremiah 27:17 NIVJeremiah 27:17 NLT Jeremiah 27:17 ESV Jeremiah 27:17 NASB Jeremiah 27:17 KJV Jeremiah 27:17 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 27:17 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 27:17 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 27:17 French Bible Jeremiah 27:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:17 Don't listen to them (Jer.) |