Jeremiah 27
- 1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
- 2The Lord says this to me. Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
- 3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- 4And command them to say to their masters, The Lord of Hosts says this, the God of Israel. This is what you shall say to your masters.
- 5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whoever it seemed fitting to me.
- 6And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. And the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
- 7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
- 8The nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the plague, until I have consumed them by his hand.
- 9Therefore do not listen to your prophets, or to your fortune-tellers, or to your dreamers, or to your enchanters, or to your sorcerers, which speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
- 10For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land. And that I should drive you out, and you 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, says the Lord. And they shall till it, and live in it.
- 12I spoke 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 you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, as the Lord has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
- 14Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you.
- 15For I have not sent them, says the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name. That I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
- 16Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, The Lord says this. Listen not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, the items of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you.
- 17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live: therefore should this city be laid waste?
- 18But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that the items which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babylon.
- 19For the Lord of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the items that remain in this city, says this.
- 20Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 21Yes, the Lord of Hosts says this, the God of Israel, concerning the items that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem.
- 22They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Jeremiah 27 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIn the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
GIGAKJVIn the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
KJVThus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
GIGAKJVThe Lord says this to me. Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
KJVAnd send them 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 messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
GIGAKJVAnd send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
KJVAnd command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
GIGAKJVAnd command them to say to their masters, The Lord of Hosts says this, the God of Israel. This is what you shall say to your masters.
KJVI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
GIGAKJVI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whoever it seemed fitting to me.
KJVAnd now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
GIGAKJVAnd now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. And the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
GIGAKJVThe nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the plague, until I have consumed them by his hand.
KJVTherefore 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:
GIGAKJVTherefore do not listen to your prophets, or to your fortune-tellers, or to your dreamers, or to your enchanters, or to your sorcerers, which speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
KJVFor they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
GIGAKJVFor they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land. And that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut 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, says the Lord. And they shall till it, and live in it.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI spoke 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.
KJVWhy 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?
GIGAKJVWhy will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, as the Lord has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor I have not sent them, says the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name. That I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
KJVAlso 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.
GIGAKJVAlso I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, The Lord says this. Listen not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, the items of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you.
KJVHearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
GIGAKJVDo not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live: therefore should this city be laid waste?
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of Hosts, that the items which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babylon.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the items that remain in this city, says this.
KJVWhich Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
GIGAKJVWhich Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
KJVYea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
GIGAKJVYes, the Lord of Hosts says this, the God of Israel, concerning the items that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem.
KJVThey shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
GIGAKJVThey shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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