17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?


In Context

14 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.

15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,

Jeremiah 27:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Listen not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?