Bible Read Jeremiah 27

Jeremiah 27:17

King James Version (KJV)

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

In context

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.

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.

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

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.

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 27:17 in every translation

KJV King James Version
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
WEB World English Bible
Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
ASV American Standard Version
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?
DBY Darby Translation
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?
WBS Webster Bible
Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?