Catholic Public Domain Version
"For they prophesy lies to you, so that they may cause you to be far from your own country, and may cast you out, and may cause you to perish. "
— Jeremiah 27:10, Catholic Public Domain 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 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 will serve him, and his son, and his son’s son. Many nations and great kings will serve him, until the time arrives for him and his land.
But the nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and whoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will visit upon that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I consume them by his hand.
Therefore, you should not choose to listen to your own prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, who say to you: ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’
For they prophesy lies to you, so that they may cause you to be far from your own country, and may cast you out, and may cause you to perish.
Furthermore, the nation which will bend its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and which will serve him, I will permit them to remain in their own land, says the Lord. And they will cultivate it, and they will live in it.”
And I spoke to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, according to all these words, saying: “Subject your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and you will live.
Why should you suffer death, you and your people, by the sword, and famine, and pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken against any nation that refuses to serve the king of Babylon?