Jeremiah 27:14

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Therefore 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.

In Context

13by reason of the Lord’s anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and everyone that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.

15and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:10Expect thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,

Jeremiah 23:21I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 27:9For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.

Lamentations 2:14Thy prophets have seen for thee 1 Vanities and folly: 1 And they have not discovered thine iniquity, 1 To turn back thy captivity; 1 But they have seen for thee vain burdens, 1 And worthless visions. 1

Ezekiel 13:22Because ye have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and that in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:13-22

Jeremiah's Counsel to Zedekiah; Submission to Nebuchadnezzar Urged. ( b. c. 597.) 12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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