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13 Why should you die—you and your people—by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 And you must not listen to the words of the prophets who are speaking to you, saying,[a] ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you. 15 For I have not sent them,” declares[b] Yahweh, “but they are prophesying in my name falsely,[c] so that I will drive them away. And you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:14 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 27:15 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 27:15 Literally “to the lie”