Jeremiah 27:16
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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.Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
In other translations
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.Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
Hebrew words
וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakohanimthe priestsH3548וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088דִּבַּרְתִּיdibartiI spokeH1696לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אַל־'al-may notH408תִּשְׁמְעוּtishme'uyou listenH8085אֶל־'el-toH413דִּבְרֵיdivrei[the] words ofH1697נְבִיאֵיכֶםnevi'eikhemprophets yourH5030הַנִּבְּאִיםhanibe'imwho are prophesyingH5012לָכֶםlakhemto <the> youלֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009כְלֵיkhelei[the] articles ofH3627בֵית־veit-[the] house ofH1004יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068מוּשָׁבִיםmushavim[are] about to be brought backH7725מִבָּבֶלָהmibavelahfrom Babylon <towards>H894עַתָּה'atahnowH6258מְהֵרָהmeherahquicklyH4120כִּיkiforH3588שֶׁקֶרshekerfalsehoodH8267הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992נִבְּאִיםnibe'im[are] prophesyingH5012לָכֶם׃lakhemto <the> you
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 28:3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
- Daniel 1:2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
- Jeremiah 27:14Therefore 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.Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7-107 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon. 8 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place. 9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 9:15The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
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People and places
Places: Babylon