Jeremiah 27:16-18

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¹⁶ Then I [^CJeremiah] said to the priests and all this people, “This is what the Lord says: Those false prophets are saying, ‘The ·Babylonians will soon return what they took from the Temple of the Lord [^Lvessels of the house of the Lord will be returned from Babylon; 2 Kin. 24:13; Dan. 1:2].’ Don’t listen to them! They are prophesying lies to you. ¹⁷ Don’t listen to those prophets. But serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. ·There is no reason for you to cause Jerusalem to [^LWhy should this city…?] become a ruin. ¹⁸ If they are prophets and have the ·message from [word of] the Lord, let them ·pray to [^Lintercede with] the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. Let them ask that the ·items [vessels] which ·are still [^Lremain] in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and in the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse] and in Jerusalem not ·be taken away [^Lgo] to Babylon.