In the beginningof the reignof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiahkingof JudahcamethisworduntoJeremiahfromthe LORD, saying, Thussaiththe LORDtome; Makethee bondsand yokes, and putthem uponthy neck, And sendthem tothe kingof Edom, and tothe kingof Moab, and tothe kingof the Ammonites, and tothe kingof Tyrus, and to the kingof Zidon, by the handof the messengerswhich cometo JerusalemuntoZedekiahkingof Judah; And commandthem to sayuntotheir masters, Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel; Thusshall ye sayuntoyour masters; Ihave madethe earth, the manand the beastthat are uponthe ground, by my greatpowerand by my outstretchedarm, and have givenit unto whomit seemedmeetunto me. And nowhave Igivenalltheselandsinto the handof Nebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylon, my servant; and the beastsof the fieldhave I givenhim alsoto servehim. And allnationsshall servehim, and his son, and his son's son, untilthe very timeof his landcome: and thenmanynationsand greatkingsshall servethemselves of him. And it shall come to pass, that the nationand kingdomwhichwill notservethe same Nebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylon, and thatwill notputtheir neckunder the yokeof the kingof Babylon, thatnationwill I punish, saiththe LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, untilI have consumedthem by his hand. Therefore hearkennotyetoyour prophets, nor toyour diviners, nor toyour dreamers, nor toyour enchanters, nor toyour sorcerers, whichspeakuntoyou, saying, Ye shall notservethe kingof Babylon: Fortheyprophesya lieunto you, toremove you farfromyour land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. But the nationsthatbringtheir neckunder the yokeof the kingof Babylon, and servehim, those will I let remainstill intheir own land, saiththe LORD; and they shall tillit, and dwelltherein. I spokealso toZedekiahkingof Judahaccording to allthesewords, saying, Bringyour necksunder the yokeof the kingof Babylon, and servehim and his people, and live. Whywill ye die, thouand thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, asthe LORDhath spokenagainstthe nationthatwill notservethe kingof Babylon? Therefore hearkennotuntothe wordsof the prophetsthat speakuntoyou, saying, Ye shall notservethe kingof Babylon: fortheyprophesya lieunto you. ForI have notsentthem, saiththe LORD, yet theyprophesya liein my name; thatI might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophetsthat prophesyunto you. Also I spoketothe priestsand toallthispeople, saying, Thussaiththe LORD; Hearkennottothe wordsof your prophetsthat prophesyunto you, saying, Behold, the vesselsof the LORD's houseshall nowshortlybe brought againfrom Babylon: fortheyprophesya lieunto you. Hearkennotuntothem; servethe kingof Babylon, and live: whereforeshould thiscitybelaid waste? But ifthey be prophets, and ifthe wordof the LORDbewiththem, let them nowmake intercessionto the LORDof hosts, that the vesselswhich are leftin the houseof the LORD, and in the houseof the kingof Judah, and at Jerusalem, gonotto Babylon. Forthussaiththe LORDof hostsconcerningthe pillars, and concerningthe sea, and concerningthe bases, and concerningthe residueof the vesselsthat remainin thiscity, WhichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylontooknot, when he carried away captiveJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakimkingof Judahfrom Jerusalemto Babylon, and allthe noblesof Judahand Jerusalem; Yea, thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel, concerningthe vesselsthat remain in the houseof the LORD, and in the houseof the kingof Judahand of Jerusalem; They shall be carriedto Babylon, and thereshall they beuntilthe daythat I visitthem, saiththe LORD; then will I bring them up, and restorethem tothisplace.