Jeremiah 27:12
Also unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words saying,-Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Chronicles 36:11Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,—and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 21:9He that remaineth in this city, shall die—by the sword or by the famine or by the pestilence,—Whereas, he that goeth forth and falleth unto the Chaldeans, who are besieging you,—then shall he live, and, his life, shall become to him, a spoil;
Jeremiah 27:8And it shall come to pass that, the nation or kingdom which will not serve him, even Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,—with sword and with famine, and with pestilence, will I bring punishment upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jeremiah 38:17Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah—Thus, saith Yahweh God of hosts, God of Israel—If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,—but thou shalt live, thou and thy house.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:2-12
Nebuchadnezzar's Victories Predicted. ( b. c. 597.) 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them to… Read the whole commentary →