Jeremiah 27:16

Also 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.

Also I spake {H1696} to the priests {H3548} and to all this people {H5971}, saying {H559}, Thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068}; Hearken {H8085} not to the words {H1697} of your prophets {H5030} that prophesy {H5012} unto you, saying {H559}, Behold, the vessels {H3627} of the LORD'S {H3068} house {H1004} shall now shortly {H4120} be brought again {H7725} from Babylon {H894}: for they prophesy {H5012} a lie {H8267} unto you.

I also spoke to the cohanim and to all this people; I said, "This is what ADONAI says: 'Don't listen to the words of the prophets prophesying to you that the articles from ADONAI's house will soon be returned from Bavel; because they are prophesying lies to you.

Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 28:3 (5 votes)

    Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

  • 2 Kings 24:13 (5 votes)

    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

  • Daniel 1:2 (4 votes)

    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

  • Jeremiah 27:10 (4 votes)

    For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

  • Jeremiah 27:14 (3 votes)

    Therefore 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.

  • Isaiah 9:15 (2 votes)

    The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:7 (2 votes)

    Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.