27:6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power 1 of my servant, 2 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. 3 27:7 All nations must serve him and his son and grandson 4 until the time comes for his own nation to fall. 5 Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon. 6 27:8 But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to 7 him. I, the Lord, affirm that 8 I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it 9 with war, 10 starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it. 11 27:9 So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, 12 by dreams, by consulting the dead, 13 or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, ‘You do not need to be 14 subject to the king of Babylon.’ 27:10 Do not listen to them, 15 because their prophecies are lies. 16 Listening to them will only cause you 17 to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile. 18 27:11 Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to 19 the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation 20 in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the Lord, affirm it!”’” 21 27:12 I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, 22 “Submit 23 to the yoke of servitude to 24 the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live. 27:13 There is no reason why you and your people should die in war 25 or from starvation or disease! 26 That’s what the Lord says will happen to any nation 27 that will not be subject to the king of Babylon. 27:14 Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve 28 the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you. 27:15 For I, the Lord, affirm 29 that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you 30 listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.” 31
