<vn='1'>In the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of the <sn="4467">reign</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">to</s> me; <sn="6213">Make</s> thee <sn="4147">bonds</s> and <sn="4133">yokes</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s> them <sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="6677">neck</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="7971">send</s> them <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121 5983">Ammonites</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6865">Tyrus</s>, and to the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6721">Zidon</s>, by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4397">messengers</s> which <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="6680">command</s> them to <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="113">masters</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> your <sn="113">masters</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="595">I</s> have <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="120">man</s> and the <sn="929">beast</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="5921 6440">upon</s> the <sn="776">ground</s>, by my <sn="1419">great</s><sn="3581">power</s> and by my <sn="5186">outstretched</s><sn="2220">arm</s>, and have <sn="5414">given</s> it unto <sn="834">whom</s> it <sn="5869">seemed</s><sn="3474">meet</s> unto me. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="6258">now</s> have <sn="595">I</s><sn="5414">given</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="776">lands</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, my <sn="5650">servant</s>; and <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> have I <sn="5414">given</s> him <sn="1571">also</s> to <sn="5647">serve</s> him. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1471">nations</s> shall <sn="5647">serve</s> him, and his <sn="1121">son</s>, and his <sn="1121">son</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the very <sn="6256">time</s> of his <sn="776">land</s><sn="935">come</s>: and <sn="1571">then</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="1471">nations</s> and <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4428">kings</s> shall <sn="5647">serve</s> themselves of <sn="1931">him</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that the <sn="1471">nation</s> and <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="834">which</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5647">serve</s> the same <sn="*853"></s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="834">that</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">put</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6677">neck</s> under the <sn="5923">yoke</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="1931">that</s><sn="1471">nation</s> will I <sn="6485">punish</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, with the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and with the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and with the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> I have <sn="8552">consumed</s> them by his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Therefore <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="413">to</s> your <sn="5030">prophets</s>, nor <sn="413">to</s> your <sn="7080">diviners</s>, nor <sn="413">to</s> your <sn="2472">dreamers</s>, nor <sn="413">to</s> your <sn="6049">enchanters</s>, nor <sn="413">to</s> your <sn="3786">sorcerers</s>, <sn="834 1992">which</s><sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s> unto you, <sn="4616">to</s> remove you <sn="7368 *853">far</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> your <sn="127">land</s>; and that I should drive you <sn="5080 *853">out</s>, and ye should <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>But the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6677">neck</s> under the <sn="5923">yoke</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him, those will I let <sn="5117">remain</s> still <sn="5921">in</s> their own <sn="127">land</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and they shall <sn="5647">till</s> it, and <sn="3427">dwell</s> therein. </v>
<vn='12'>I <sn="1696">spoke</s> also <sn="413">to</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="935">Bring</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="6677">necks</s> under the <sn="5923">yoke</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him and his <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="4100">Why</s> will ye <sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> and thy <sn="5971">people</s>, by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, by the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and by the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="1471">nation</s><sn="834">that</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>Therefore <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, <sn="559">saying</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7971">sent</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, yet <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s> in my <sn="8034">name</s>; <sn="4616">that</s> I might drive you <sn="5080 *853">out</s>, and that ye might <sn="6">perish</s>, <sn="859">ye</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="5012">prophesy</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='16'>Also I <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of your <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="5012">prophesy</s> unto you, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="6258">now</s><sn="4120">shortly</s> be brought <sn="7725">again</s> from <sn="4480 894">Babylon</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="2421">live</s>: <sn="4100">wherefore</s> should <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="1961">be</s> laid <sn="2723">waste</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>But <sn="518">if</s><sn="1992">they</s> be <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3426">be</s><sn="854">with</s> them, let them <sn="4994">now</s> make <sn="6293">intercession</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, that the <sn="3627">vessels</s> which are <sn="3498">left</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="935">go</s><sn="1115">not</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="413">concerning</s> the <sn="5982">pillars</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="4350">bases</s>, and <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="3499">residue</s> of the <sn="3627">vessels</s> that <sn="3498">remain</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, </v>
<vn='20'><sn="834">Which</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="3808">not</s>, when he carried away <sn="1540">captive</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3204">Jeconiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> from <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">Yea</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> that <sn="3498">remain</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>They shall be <sn="935">carried</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> shall they <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> that I <sn="6485">visit</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; then will I bring them <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="7725">restore</s> them <sn="413">to</s><sn="2008">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>