New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 27:1-7

1In the beginningH7225 of the reignH4467 of 1 2ZedekiahH6667 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, thisH2088 wordH1697 cameH1961 to JeremiahH3414 from the LordH3068, sayingH559-- 2thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 to me-MakeH6213 for yourself 3bondsH4147 and 4yokesH4133 and putH5414 them on your neckH6677, 3and sendH7971 5word to the kingH4428 of 6EdomH112, to the kingH4428 of 7MoabH4124, to the kingH4428 of the sonsH1121 of 8AmmonH5983, to the kingH4428 of 9TyreH6865 and to the kingH4428 of 10SidonH6721 11by the messengersH4397 who comeH935 to JerusalemH3389 to ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of JudahH3063. 4CommandH6680 them to go to their mastersH113, sayingH559, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, thusH3541 you shall sayH559 to your mastersH113, 5“12I have madeH6213 the earthH776, the menH120 and the beastsH929 whichH834 are on the faceH6440 of the earthH776 13by My greatH1419 powerH3581 and by My outstretchedH5186 armH2220, and I will 14giveH5414 it to the one whoH834 is 15pleasingH3474 in My sightH5869. 6NowH6258 I 16have givenH5414 allH3605 theseH428 landsH776 into the handH3027 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894, 17My servantH5650, and I have givenH5414 him alsoH1571 the 18wildH2421 animalsH2421 of the fieldH7704 to serveH5647 him. 7 19AllH3605 the nationsH1471 shall serveH5647 him and his sonH1121 and his grandsonH1121 20untilH5704 the timeH6256 of his own landH776 comesH935; then 21manyH7227 nationsH1471 and greatH1419 kingsH4428 will 22makeH5647 him their servantH5647.

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1. Jeremiah 27:1 Many mss read Jehoiakim ↩
2. Jeremiah 27:1 2 Kin 24:18-20; 2 Chr 36:11-13 ↩
3. Jeremiah 27:2 Jer 30:8 ↩
4. Jeremiah 27:2 Jer 28:10, 13 ↩
5. Jeremiah 27:3 Lit them ↩
6. Jeremiah 27:3 Jer 25:21, 22 ↩
7. Jeremiah 27:3 Jer 25:21, 22 ↩
8. Jeremiah 27:3 Jer 25:21, 22 ↩
9. Jeremiah 27:3 Jer 25:21, 22 ↩
10. Jeremiah 27:3 Jer 25:21, 22 ↩
11. Jeremiah 27:3 Lit by the hand of ↩
12. Jeremiah 27:5 Ps 96:5; 146:5, 6; Is 42:5; 45:12; Jer 10:12; 51:15 ↩
13. Jeremiah 27:5 Deut 9:29; Jer 32:17; Dan 4:17 ↩
14. Jeremiah 27:5 Ps 115:15, 16; Acts 17:26 ↩
15. Jeremiah 27:5 Or upright ↩
16. Jeremiah 27:6 Jer 21:7; 22:25; Ezek 29:18-20 ↩
17. Jeremiah 27:6 Is 44:28; Jer 25:9; 43:10 ↩
18. Jeremiah 27:6 Jer 28:14; Dan 2:38 ↩
19. Jeremiah 27:7 2 Chr 36:20; Jer 44:30; 46:13 ↩
20. Jeremiah 27:7 Dan 5:26; Zech 2:8, 9 ↩
21. Jeremiah 27:7 Is 14:4-6; Jer 25:12 ↩
22. Jeremiah 27:7 Or enslave him ↩

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