Jeremiah 27:17
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 27:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Höret nicht auf sie; dienet dem König von Babel, so werdet ihr leben; warum sollte diese Stadt zur Einöde werden?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
No los oigáis; servid al rey de Babilonia, y vivid: ¿por qué ha de ser desierta esta ciudad?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Não escuteis a eles; servi ao rei de Babilônia, e então vivereis; por que se tornaria esta cidade em deserto?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Não lhes deis ouvidos, servi ao rei da Babilônia e vivereis. Por que trazer ruína à cidade?
📖 Jeremiah 27:17 in Context
15For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
18But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
19For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
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