Jeremiah 27:12 Cross References - Rotherham

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!

¹¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,––and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem. ¹² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God,–he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Yahweh. ¹³ Moreover also––against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,–and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel.

³³ Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

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.

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.

¹ And it came to pass, in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur, the prophet who was of Gibeon, spake unto me, in the house of Yahweh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:

¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel––If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,––but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house.

¹¹ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: ¹² Say, I pray thee, unto the perverse house, Know ye not what these things are? Say thou, Lo! the King of Babylon entered Jerusalem, And took her king and her princes, And brought them unto him in Babylon; ¹³ Yea took of the seed royal, And solemnised with him a covenant,––And brought him into an oath, Also, the mighty ones of the land, did he take. ¹⁴ That, the kingdom, might be, abased, so as not to lift itself up,––By the keeping of his covenant, might be made to stand. ¹⁵ But he hath rebelled against him, by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant, and escape? ¹⁶ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him, king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die. ¹⁷ Neither shall Pharaoh, with a great force, or with a large gathered host, work with him, in the war, by casting up an earthwork, and by building a siege–wall, ––to the cuting off of many lives. ¹⁸ Seeing he hath despised an oath, by breaking a covenant––yea lo! hath given his hand, and, all these things, hath done, he shall not escape. ¹⁹ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As I live, Surely it is mine oath, which he hath despised, And, my covenant, which he hath broken, Therefore will I bring it upon his own head: ²⁰ And I will spread over him my net, And he shall be taken in my snare, And I will bring him into Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there, as to his treachery wherewith he hath been treacherous against me; ²¹ And, all his fugitives, throughout all his bands, by the sword, shall fall, And, they who are left, to every wind, shall be scattered,––So shall ye know, that, I, Yahweh, have spoken!