American Standard Version
"for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. "
— Jeremiah 27:10, American Standard Version
“For 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 a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.”
“Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile.”
“For they prophesy lies to you: to remove you far from your country, and cast you out, and to make you perish.”
“For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.”
“For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”
And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
And I spake 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.
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?