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In the beginning[H7225] of the reign[H4467] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] came this word[H1697] unto Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] to me; Make[H6213] thee bonds[H4147] and yokes[H4133], and put[H5414] them upon thy neck[H6677],
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And send[H7971] them to the king[H4428] of Edom[H123], and to the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124], and to the king[H4428] of the Ammonites[H1121], and to the king[H4428] of Tyrus[H6865], and to the king[H4428] of Zidon[H6721], by the hand[H3027] of the messengers[H4397] which come[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063];
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And command[H6680] them to say[H559] unto their masters[H113], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Thus shall ye say[H559] unto your masters[H113];
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I have made[H6213] the earth[H776], the man[H120] and the beast[H929] that are upon[H6440] the ground[H776], by my great[H1419]power[H3581] and by my outstretched[H5186]arm[H2220], and have given[H5414] it unto whom it seemed[H5869]meet[H3474] unto me.
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And now have I given[H5414] all these lands[H776] into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], my servant[H5650]; and the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704] have I given[H5414] him also to serve[H5647] him.
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And all nations[H1471] shall serve[H5647] him, and his son[H1121], and his son[H1121]'s son[H1121], until the very time[H6256] of his land[H776]come[H935]: and then many[H7227]nations[H1471] and great[H1419]kings[H4428] shall serve[H5647] themselves of him.
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And it shall come to pass, that the nation[H1471] and kingdom[H4467] which will not serve[H5647] the same Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and that will not put[H5414] their neck[H6677] under the yoke[H5923] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], that nation[H1471] will I punish[H6485], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], with the sword[H2719], and with the famine[H7458], and with the pestilence[H1698], until I have consumed[H8552] them by his hand[H3027].
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Therefore hearken[H8085] not ye to your prophets[H5030], nor to your diviners[H7080], nor to your dreamers[H2472], nor to your enchanters[H6049], nor to your sorcerers[H3786], which speak[H559] unto you, saying[H559], Ye shall not serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]:
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For they prophesy[H5012] a lie[H8267] unto you, to remove you far[H7368] from your land[H127]; and that I should drive you out[H5080], and ye should perish[H6].
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But the nations[H1471] that bring[H935] their neck[H6677] under the yoke[H5923] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and serve[H5647] him, those will I let remain still[H3240] in their own land[H127], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and they shall till[H5647] it, and dwell[H3427] therein.
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I spake[H1696] also to Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] according to all these words[H1697], saying[H559], Bring[H935] your necks[H6677] under the yoke[H5923] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and serve[H5647] him and his people[H5971], and live[H2421].
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Why will ye die[H4191], thou and thy people[H5971], by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698], as the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] against the nation[H1471] that will not serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon?[H894]
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Therefore hearken[H8085] not unto the words[H1697] of the prophets[H5030] that speak[H559] unto you, saying[H559], Ye shall not serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]: for they prophesy[H5012] a lie[H8267] unto you.
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For I have not sent[H7971] them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], yet they prophesy[H5012] a lie[H8267] in my name[H8034]; that I might drive you out[H5080], and that ye might perish[H6], ye, and the prophets[H5030] that prophesy[H5012] unto you.
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Also I spake[H1696] to the priests[H3548] and to all this people[H5971], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Hearken[H8085] not to the words[H1697] of your prophets[H5030] that prophesy[H5012] unto you, saying[H559], Behold, the vessels[H3627] of the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004] shall now shortly[H4120] be brought again[H7725] from Babylon[H894]: for they prophesy[H5012] a lie[H8267] unto you.
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But if they be[H3426]prophets[H5030], and if the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]be[H3426] with them, let them now make intercession[H6293] to the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], that the vessels[H3627] which are left[H3498] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and at Jerusalem[H3389], go[H935] not to Babylon[H894].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] concerning the pillars[H5982], and concerning the sea[H3220], and concerning the bases[H4350], and concerning the residue[H3499] of the vessels[H3627] that remain[H3498] in this city[H5892],
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Which Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]took[H3947] not, when he carried away captive[H1540]Jeconiah[H3204] the son[H1121] of Jehoiakim[H3079]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] from Jerusalem[H3389] to Babylon[H894], and all the nobles[H2715] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389];
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Yea, thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], concerning the vessels[H3627] that remain[H3498] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and of Jerusalem[H3389];
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They shall be carried[H935] to Babylon[H894], and there shall they be until the day[H3117] that I visit[H6485] them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; then will I bring[H5927] them up, and restore[H7725] them to this place[H4725].