1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 27:19, Jeremiah 27:20, Jeremiah 27:3

2"Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;

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1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:31, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:4, Jeremiah 13:1

3and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;

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Amos 1:9, Amos 2:3, Jeremiah 25:19, Jeremiah 25:26, 2 Chronicles 36:13

4and give them a command to their masters, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, You shall tell your masters:

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Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 51:19, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 25:27, Exodus 5:1

5"I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.

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Jeremiah 51:15, Jeremiah 51:15, Psalms 115:15, Psalms 115:16, Jeremiah 32:17

6Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.

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Jeremiah 28:14, Jeremiah 28:14, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:9, Daniel 2:37

7All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.

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Jeremiah 52:31, Jeremiah 52:31, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:10, Zechariah 2:8

8It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 38:19, Jeremiah 24:10, Ezekiel 14:21, Ezekiel 17:19

9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon':

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Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 29:8, Malachi 3:5, Isaiah 8:19

10for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.

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Jeremiah 32:31, Jeremiah 32:31, Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 14:11, Lamentations 2:14

11But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, says the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell therein."'"

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Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 27:2, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 27:8

12I spoke 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.

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Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 38:17, Ezekiel 17:11

13Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

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Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 18:31, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 27:8, Proverbs 8:36

14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon'; for they prophesy a lie to you.

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Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:21, 2 Corinthians 11:13, 2 Corinthians 11:15

15'For I have not sent them,' says the Lord, 'but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.'"

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Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:15, 2 Chronicles 25:16

16Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the Lord: 'Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.

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Jeremiah 28:3, 2 Kings 24:13, Jeremiah 28:3, 2 Kings 24:13, Daniel 1:2

17Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?'

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Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 27:11, Jeremiah 27:13, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 7:34

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, do not go to Babylon.

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1 Samuel 7:8, 1 Samuel 7:8, 1 Samuel 12:23, 1 Samuel 12:19, Jeremiah 18:20

19For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,

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2 Kings 25:13, 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:17, Jeremiah 52:23, Jeremiah 52:17

20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

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Jeremiah 24:1, Jeremiah 24:1, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:18

21yes, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

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22'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them,' says the Lord; 'then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.'"

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Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 32:5, Ezra 7:19, Jeremiah 32:5