Jeremiah 27:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² And I spoke to Sedecias the king of Juda according to all these words, saying: Bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, and his people, and you shall live.

¹³ Why will you die, thou and thy people by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

¹⁴ Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they tell you a lie.