Jeremiah 27:17

Jeremiah 27:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
• New International Version (NIV)Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city be laid waste?

Context of Jeremiah 27:17

15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.” 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. Do 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. 19For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,

Jeremiah 27:17 word by word

אַל־תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם עִבְד֥וּ אֶת־מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וִֽחְי֑וּ לָ֧מָּה תִֽהְיֶ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את חָרְבָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to themאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• should thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a ruinחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723

Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:17

• Jeremiah 27:11But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
• Jeremiah 27:13Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
• Jeremiah 38:17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 27:17

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not much more our wisdom to submit to the pleasant and easy yoke of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, that we may secure our souls? It were well if sinners would be afraid of the destruction threatened against all who will not have Christ to reign over…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22The Lord told Jeremiah to send messages to the ambassadors from nearby countries to announce the Lord’s judgment on them. Jeremiah was to show his message by wearing a wooden yoke. This event happened in 594 to 593 BC (see Jeremiah 28:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015. in my name--The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies (Mt 4:6; 7:22, 23; Jr 27:15-20, the test whereby to know false prophets).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 27:17

• Minister, Christian
• Zedekiah

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings