Rotherham(i)
2 Thus, said Yahweh unto me, Make thee, bonds and bars, and put them upon thine own neck.
3 Then shalt thou send them unto the king of Edom, and unto the king of Moab, and unto the king of the sons of Ammon, and unto the king of Tyre, and unto the king of Zidon,––by the hand of messengers coming into Jerusalem, unto Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 And thou shall give them charge, unto their lords, saying,––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Thus, shall ye say unto your lords:––
5 I, made, The earth––The man and the beast that are on the face of the earth––By my great power, And by mine outstretched arm,––And gave it to whomsoever was right in mine own eyes.
6 Now, therefore, I, have given all these lands, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant,––Moreover also, the wild beast of the field, have I given him, to serve him.
7 Therefore shall all the nations, serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,––until the time even of his own land, itself, arrive, when many nations and great kings, shall use him as a slave.
8 And it shall come to pass, that, the nation or kingdom which will not serve him, even Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,––with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, will I bring punishment upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Ye, therefore, do not ye hearken unto your prophets, nor unto your diviners, nor unto your dreams, nor unto your users of hidden arts, nor unto your mutterers of incantations,––in that, they, are speaking unto you saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;
10 for falsehood, are they, prophesying unto you, that ye may be far removed from off your own soil, and I drive you out, and ye be destroyed.
11 But, the nation that shall bring its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will let them remain in quietness upon their own soil, Declareth Yahweh, and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12 Also, unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words, saying,––Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live!
12 Also, unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words, saying,––Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live!