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Jeremiah 27:11 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 27 · verse 11
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.Jeremiah 27:11 · King James Version
Jeremiah 27:11 in context
9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12I spake also 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.
13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- stillyânachto depositH3240 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
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Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the badges of servitude, are said (Jer 27:3) to come to Zedekiah king of Judah, who reigned not till eleven years after the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11