God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 27:10
10They are prophesying lies to you. They will cause you to be taken far from your lands. I’ll scatter you, and you will die.
Jeremiah 27:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
- New International Version (NIV)They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.
Context of Jeremiah 27:10
8“ ‘Suppose nations or kingdoms won’t serve or surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will punish those nations by wars, famines, and plagues, until I have put an end to them by Nebuchadnezzar’s power, declares the Lord. 9Don’t listen to prophets, mediums, interpreters of dreams, fortunetellers, or sorcerers who tell you that you’ll never serve the king of Babylon. They are prophesying lies to you. They will cause you to be taken far from your lands. I’ll scatter you, and you will die. 11But suppose a nation surrenders to the king of Babylon and serves him. I will let it stay in its own land. People will farm the land and live on it,’ ” declares the Lord. 12I spoke the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah, “Surrender to the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and you will stay alive.
Read all of Jeremiah 27Jeremiah 27:10 word by word
כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן הַרְחִ֤יק אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמַתְכֶ֔ם וְהִדַּחְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם וַאֲבַדְתֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:10
- Jeremiah 27:14Don’t listen to the prophets who tell you that you’ll never serve the king of Babylon. They are prophesying lies to you.
- Jeremiah 28:16This is what the Lord says: I’m going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have encouraged rebellion against the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 14:9“ ‘If a prophet is tricked into giving a prophecy, it is I, the Lord, who tricked the prophet. I will use my power against you and destroy you from among my people Israel.
- Jeremiah 32:31“The people in this city have made me so angry and furious from the day they built it to this day. So now I must remove this city from my presence.
- Lamentations 2:14Your prophets saw misleading visions about you. They painted a good picture of you. They didn’t expose your guilt in order to make things better again. They gave you false prophecies that misled you.
- Jeremiah 27:15I didn’t send them, declares the Lord. They prophesy lies in my name. So I will scatter you, and you and the prophets will die.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 27:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10To remove you far - That would be the result of their vaticinations.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Jeremiah warned against those who delivered messages that went against the Lord's: [False] prophets made predictions that supported idol worship diviners claimed to predict the future by reading the stars, looking into crystal balls, and analyzing animal livers Interpreters of dreams predicted the future by explaining people's dreams Mediums claimed to talk to dead people Sorcerers cast spells to harm or bless people by saying certain words or phrases You…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. to remove you--expressing the event which would result. The very thing they profess by their enchantments to avert, they are by them bringing on you. Better to submit to Nebuchadnezzar, and remain in your land, than to rebel, and be removed from it.Read the comment
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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
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