## Jeremiah Chapter 27

###### Jeremiah 27:1
[Jeremiah 27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:1)

בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלֶ֛כֶת יְהוֹיָקִ֥ם בֶּן־יֹאושִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָ֞ה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔ה מֵאֵ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the beginning of the reign of Yehoyaqim the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda, came this word to Yirmeyahu from the Lord, saying,


###### Jeremiah 27:2
[Jeremiah 27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:2)

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord to me; Make bonds and bars for thyself, and put them upon thy neck,


###### Jeremiah 27:3
[Jeremiah 27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:3)

וְשִׁלַּחְתָּם֩ אֶל־מֶ֨לֶךְ אֱד֜וֹם וְאֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב וְאֶל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ צֹ֖ר וְאֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ צִיד֑וֹן בְּיַ֤ד מַלְאָכִים֙ הַבָּאִ֣ים יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Mo᾽av, and to the king of the children of ῾Ammon, and to the king of Żor, and to the king of Żidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Yerushalayim to Żidqiyyahu king of Yehuda;


###### Jeremiah 27:4
[Jeremiah 27:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:4)

וְצִוִּיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔ם אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֖וּ אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and command them to say to their masters, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Thus shall you say to your masters;


###### Jeremiah 27:5
[Jeremiah 27:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:5)

אָנֹכִ֞י עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־הָאָדָ֤ם וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בְּכֹחִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל וּבִזְרוֹעִ֖י הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה וּנְתַתִּ֕יהָ לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר יָשַׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 to whom it seemed proper in my eyes.


###### Jeremiah 27:6
[Jeremiah 27:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:6)

וְעַתָּ֗ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָאֲרָצ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה בְּיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל עַבְדִּ֑י וְגַם֙ אֶת־חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה נָתַ֥תִּי ל֖וֹ לְעׇבְדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now have I given all these lands to the hand of Nevukhadneżżar the king of Bavel, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.


###### Jeremiah 27:7
[Jeremiah 27:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:7)

וְעָבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶת־בְּנ֖וֹ וְאֶֽת־בֶּן־בְּנ֑וֹ עַ֣ד בֹּא־עֵ֤ת אַרְצוֹ֙ גַּם־ה֔וּא וְעָ֤בְדוּ בוֹ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּמְלָכִ֖ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come also: and then many nations and great kings shall make him a slave.


###### Jeremiah 27:8
[Jeremiah 27:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:8)

וְהָיָ֨ה הַגּ֜וֹי וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יַעַבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶת־נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֵ֨ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־צַוָּאר֔וֹ בְּעֹ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל בַּחֶ֩רֶב֩ וּבָרָעָ֨ב וּבַדֶּ֜בֶר אֶפְקֹ֨ד עַל־הַגּ֤וֹי הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה עַד־תֻּמִּ֥י אֹתָ֖ם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve this Nevukhadneżżar the king of Bavel, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Bavel, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.


###### Jeremiah 27:9
[Jeremiah 27:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:9)

וְ֠אַתֶּ֠ם אַל־תִּשְׁמְע֨וּ אֶל־נְבִיאֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶל־קֹסְמֵיכֶ֗ם וְאֶל֙ חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶל־עֹנְנֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶל־כַּשָּׁפֵיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֞ם אֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Bavel:


###### Jeremiah 27:10
[Jeremiah 27:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:10)

כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן הַרְחִ֤יק אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמַתְכֶ֔ם וְהִדַּחְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם וַאֲבַדְתֶּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.


###### Jeremiah 27:11
[Jeremiah 27:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:11)

וְהַגּ֗וֹי אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבִ֧יא אֶת־צַוָּאר֛וֹ בְּעֹ֥ל מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וַעֲבָד֑וֹ וְהִנַּחְתִּ֤יו עַל־אַדְמָתוֹ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וַעֲבָדָ֖הּ וְיָ֥שַׁב בָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Bavel, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, says the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell in it.


###### Jeremiah 27:12
[Jeremiah 27:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:12)

וְאֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֤ה מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי כְּכׇל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־צַוְּארֵיכֶ֜ם בְּעֹ֣ל מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֗ל וְעִבְד֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְעַמּ֖וֹ וִֽחְיֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I spoke also to Żidqiyya king of Yehuda according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Bavel, and serve him and his people, and live.


###### Jeremiah 27:13
[Jeremiah 27:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:13)

לָ֤מָּה תָמ֙וּתוּ֙ אַתָּ֣ה וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־הַגּ֕וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why will you die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Bavel?


###### Jeremiah 27:14
[Jeremiah 27:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:14)

וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֗ים הָאֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore hearken not to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Bavel; for they prophesy a lie to you.


###### Jeremiah 27:15
[Jeremiah 27:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:15)

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר לְמַ֨עַן הַדִּיחִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֕ם וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have not sent them, says the Lord; but they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.


###### Jeremiah 27:16
[Jeremiah 27:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:16)

וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים֩ וְאֶל־כׇּל־הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָה֒ אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י נְבִיאֵיכֶ֗ם הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤ים לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֨ה כְלֵ֧י בֵית־יְהֹוָ֛ה מוּשָׁבִ֥ים מִבָּבֶ֖לָה עַתָּ֣ה מְהֵרָ֑ה כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖מָּה נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought back from Bavel: for they prophesy a lie to you.


###### Jeremiah 27:17
[Jeremiah 27:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:17)

אַל־תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם עִבְד֥וּ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וִֽחְי֑וּ לָ֧מָּה תִֽהְיֶ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את חׇרְבָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hearken not to them; serve the king of Bavel, and live: why should this city be laid waste?


###### Jeremiah 27:18
[Jeremiah 27:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:18)

וְאִם־נְבִאִ֣ים הֵ֔ם וְאִם־יֵ֥שׁ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑ם יִפְגְּעוּ־נָא֙ בַּיהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּי־בֹ֜אוּ הַכֵּלִ֣ים**׀** הַנּוֹתָרִ֣ים בְּבֵית־יְהֹוָ֗ה וּבֵ֨ית מֶ֧לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֛ה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בָּבֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if they are 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 Yehuda, and at Yerushalayim, go not to Bavel.


###### Jeremiah 27:19
[Jeremiah 27:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:19)

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֶל־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים וְעַל־הַיָּ֖ם וְעַל־הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת וְעַל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הַכֵּלִ֔ים הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים בָּעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says 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.


###### Jeremiah 27:20
[Jeremiah 27:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:20)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־לְקָחָ֗ם נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל בַּ֠גְלוֹת֠וֹ אֶת־[יְכׇנְיָ֨ה] (יכוניה) בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִ֧ים מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֛ה מִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בָּבֶ֑לָה וְאֵ֛ת כׇּל־חֹרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Which Nevukhadneżżar king of Bavel did not take, when he carried away Yekhonya the son of Yehoyaqim king of Yehuda captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel, and all the nobles of Yehuda and Yerushalayim:


###### Jeremiah 27:21
[Jeremiah 27:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:21)

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֔ה וּבֵ֥ית מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Yehuda and of Yerushalayim;


###### Jeremiah 27:22
[Jeremiah 27:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/27:22)

בָּבֶ֥לָה יוּבָ֖אוּ וְשָׁ֣מָּה יִֽהְי֑וּ עַ֠ד י֣וֹם פׇּקְדִ֤י אֹתָם֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙ וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔ים אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they shall be carried to Bavel, and there shall they be until the day that I take heed of them, says the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.