Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation? serve. Jeremiah 27:11,12 But the nation that shall bend down their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and shall serve him: I will let them remain in their own land, saith the Lord: and they shall till it, and dwell in it. . . . wherefore. Jeremiah 27:13 Why will you die, thou and thy people by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Jeremiah 38:17,23 And Jeremiah said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house. . . . Context The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar…16I spoke also to the priests, and to this people, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Hearken not to the words of your prophets, that prophesy to you, saying: Behold the vessels of the Lord shall now in a short time be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?18But if they be prophets, and the word of the Lord be in them: let them interpose themselves before the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which were left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.… Cross References Jeremiah 7:34 And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. Jeremiah 38:17 And Jeremiah said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house. Jeremiah 42:11 Fear not because of the king of Babylon, of whom you are greatly afraid: fear him not, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. Lexicon Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not listen תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (tiš·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently to them. אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Serve עִבְד֥וּ (‘iḇ·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king of Babylon בָּבֶ֖ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and live! וִֽחְי֑וּ (wiḥ·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive Why לָ֧מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should this הַזֹּ֖את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, city הָעִ֥יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement become תִֽהְיֶ֛ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a ruin? חָרְבָּֽה׃ (ḥā·rə·bāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin Additional Translations Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?Listen not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? I sent them not. Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a waste? Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? Hearken not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation? Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste? 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