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Jeremiah Chapter 27

Jeremiah
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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah records the fall of the city of Lachish and the destruction of its temple, a sign of God’s judgment on those who persist in rebellion. The people are taken captive and the land is left barren, a vivid illustration of divine punishment for disobedience.

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(1) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Jeremiah 27:3Jeremiah 27:12Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 27:20Jeremiah 26:1Jeremiah 28:1

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Jeremiah 26:1Jeremiah 45:1Ezra 4:6Jeremiah 49:34II Kings 23:34II Chronicles 35:25

(2) Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
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Amos 7:1Amos 7:4Jeremiah 27:12Jeremiah 28:10Jeremiah 28:11Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 28:13Jeremiah 28:14Jeremiah 13:1Jeremiah 13:2Jeremiah 13:3Jeremiah 13:4

(3) And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
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Jeremiah 25:19Jeremiah 25:20Jeremiah 25:21Jeremiah 25:22Jeremiah 25:23Jeremiah 25:24Jeremiah 25:25Jeremiah 25:26Jeremiah 47:1Jeremiah 47:2Jeremiah 47:3Jeremiah 47:4

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Judges 11:18Judges 11:17Isaiah 15:1Jeremiah 40:11Amos 2:2I Kings 20:9

(4) And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
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Jeremiah 10:10Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 25:27Jeremiah 51:19Exodus 5:1

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Zechariah 1:3

(5) I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
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Jeremiah 10:11Jeremiah 10:12Jeremiah 32:17Jeremiah 51:15Genesis 9:6Exodus 20:11Job 26:5Job 26:6Job 26:7Job 26:8Job 26:9Job 26:10

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Revelation 4:7Revelation 13:4Revelation 13:15Leviticus 24:18Revelation 13:12Revelation 13:14

(6) And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
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Jeremiah 28:14Daniel 2:37Daniel 2:38Daniel 5:18Daniel 5:19Jeremiah 24:1Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 43:10Jeremiah 51:20Jeremiah 51:21Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

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Jeremiah 28:14Jeremiah 27:8Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5Job 5:23

(7) And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
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Jeremiah 25:11Jeremiah 25:12Jeremiah 25:13Jeremiah 25:14Jeremiah 50:9Jeremiah 50:10Jeremiah 52:31II Chronicles 36:20II Chronicles 36:21Jeremiah 50:27Psalms 37:13Psalms 137:8

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Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28Exodus 10:26Exodus 14:12Joshua 24:14II Samuel 16:19

(8) And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
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Jeremiah 25:28Jeremiah 25:29Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 42:10Jeremiah 42:11Jeremiah 42:12Jeremiah 42:13Jeremiah 42:14Jeremiah 42:15

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Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 27:13Jeremiah 28:14Jeremiah 25:12Jeremiah 27:11Jeremiah 28:11

(9) Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
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Jeremiah 27:14Jeremiah 27:15Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:16Jeremiah 23:25Jeremiah 23:32Jeremiah 29:8Exodus 7:11Deuteronomy 18:10Deuteronomy 18:11Deuteronomy 18:12

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Jeremiah 27:14Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 27:17Jeremiah 29:8Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(10) 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.
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Jeremiah 27:14Jeremiah 28:16Ezekiel 14:9Ezekiel 14:10Ezekiel 14:11Jeremiah 32:31Lamentations 2:14

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Jeremiah 27:15Joel 2:20Jeremiah 27:16Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6

(11) But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
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Jeremiah 27:2Jeremiah 27:8Jeremiah 27:12Jeremiah 21:9Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 40:9Jeremiah 40:10Jeremiah 40:11Jeremiah 40:12Jeremiah 42:10Jeremiah 42:11

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Jeremiah 27:8Jeremiah 28:14Jeremiah 52:11Revelation 10:6Genesis 27:40Deuteronomy 28:48

(12) I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
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Jeremiah 27:3Jeremiah 28:1Jeremiah 38:17II Chronicles 36:11II Chronicles 36:12II Chronicles 36:13Proverbs 1:33Ezekiel 17:11Ezekiel 17:12Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15

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Jeremiah 27:8Jeremiah 28:14Genesis 27:40Jeremiah 27:17Jeremiah 38:17Romans 14:8

(13) Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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Jeremiah 38:20Proverbs 8:36Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 18:31Ezekiel 33:11Jeremiah 27:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 38:2Ezekiel 14:21

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Jeremiah 27:8Ezekiel 7:15II Kings 7:4Ezekiel 6:12Judges 9:28Jeremiah 5:15

(14) Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
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Jeremiah 27:9Isaiah 28:10Isaiah 28:11Isaiah 28:12Isaiah 28:13II Corinthians 11:13II Corinthians 11:14II Corinthians 11:15Philippians 3:2Jeremiah 27:10Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:21

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Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 27:9Jeremiah 27:15Ezekiel 13:2Jeremiah 23:16Jeremiah 27:17

(15) For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
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Jeremiah 27:10II Chronicles 18:17II Chronicles 18:18II Chronicles 18:19II Chronicles 18:20II Chronicles 18:21II Chronicles 18:22II Chronicles 25:16Ezekiel 14:3Ezekiel 14:4Ezekiel 14:5Ezekiel 14:6

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Ezekiel 13:2Jeremiah 27:16Micah 2:6Jeremiah 27:10Isaiah 30:10Jeremiah 14:14

(16) Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
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Jeremiah 28:3II Kings 24:13II Chronicles 36:7II Chronicles 36:8II Chronicles 36:9II Chronicles 36:10Daniel 1:2Jeremiah 27:10Jeremiah 27:14Isaiah 9:15

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(17) Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
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Jeremiah 27:11Jeremiah 27:12Jeremiah 27:13Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:23

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(18) But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
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I Kings 18:24I Kings 18:26Jeremiah 7:16Jeremiah 15:1Jeremiah 18:20Jeremiah 42:2Genesis 18:24Genesis 18:25Genesis 18:26Genesis 18:27Genesis 18:28Genesis 18:29

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II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14II Chronicles 36:7Ezra 5:14Isaiah 22:24Jeremiah 27:16

(19) For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
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Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:18Jeremiah 52:19Jeremiah 52:20Jeremiah 52:21Jeremiah 52:22Jeremiah 52:23I Kings 7:15I Kings 7:16I Kings 7:17I Kings 7:18I Kings 7:19

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Jeremiah 16:3Numbers 30:12Ruth 4:7II Samuel 7:25I Kings 5:8II Kings 22:13

(20) Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
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Jeremiah 22:28Jeremiah 24:1II Kings 24:14II Kings 24:15II Kings 24:16II Chronicles 36:10II Chronicles 36:18

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(21) Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
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Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 8:3II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14Isaiah 22:24

(22) They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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Jeremiah 29:10Jeremiah 34:5Jeremiah 52:17Jeremiah 52:18Jeremiah 52:19Jeremiah 52:20Jeremiah 52:21II Kings 24:13II Kings 24:14II Kings 24:15II Kings 24:16II Kings 24:17

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