10 They are prophesying a lie(A) to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish. 11 But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate[a] it and reside in it. This is the Lord’s declaration.”’”

Warning to Zedekiah

12 I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah(B) in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!

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Footnotes

  1. 27:11 Lit work

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