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Jeremiah 27:8-11

The land may endure

The Yoke of Babylon · Jeremiah 27

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8And it shall be that the nation or the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares Yahweh, until I have finished them by his hand.

9But you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

10For they are prophesying lies to you, in order to remove you from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

11But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let remain on its own land, declares Yahweh, and it will till it and dwell in it.

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