And sendthem 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 messengerswhichcome to JerusalemuntoZedekiahking of Judah;
I havemade the earth, the man and the beastthat are upon the ground, by my greatpower and by my outstretched arm, and havegiven it untowhom it seemedmeetunto me.
And now have I given all theselandsinto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the fieldhave I given him also to serve him.
And all nationsshallserve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the verytime of his landcome: and thenmanynations and greatkingsshallservethemselves of him.
And it shallcome to pass, that the nation and kingdomwhichwill not serve the sameNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and thatwill not put theirneckunder the yoke of the king of Babylon, thatnationwill I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I haveconsumedthem by his hand.
Thereforehearken not ye to yourprophets, nor to yourdiviners, nor to yourdreamers, nor to yourenchanters, nor to yoursorcerers, whichspeakunto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
But the nationsthatbringtheirneckunder the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, thosewill I let remainstill in their own land, saith the LORD; and theyshalltill it, and dwelltherein.
I spakealso to Zedekiahking of Judahaccording to all thesewords, saying, Bringyournecksunder the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORDhathspokenagainst the nationthatwill not serve the king of Babylon?
For I have not sentthem, saith the LORD, yet theyprophesy a lie in my name; that I mightdrive you out, and that ye mightperish, ye, and the prophetsthatprophesyunto you.
Also I spake to the priests and to all thispeople, saying, Thussaith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of yourprophetsthatprophesyunto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’Shouseshall now shortly be broughtagainfromBabylon: for theyprophesy a lie unto you.
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be withthem, let them now makeintercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vesselswhich are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
For thussaith the LORD of hostsconcerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vesselsthatremain in thiscity,
WhichNebuchadnezzarking of Babylontook not, when he carriedawaycaptiveJeconiah the son of Jehoiakimking of JudahfromJerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
Yea, thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vesselsthatremain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
Theyshall be carried to Babylon, and thereshallthey be until the day that I visitthem, saith the LORD; thenwill I bringthem up, and restorethem to thisplace.