1	In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying# ,
			2	Thus saith# the LORD to me; Make# thee bonds and yokes, and put# them upon thy neck, [saith...: or, hath the LORD said]
			3	And send# them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites# , and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come# to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
			4	And command# them to say# unto their masters, Thus saith# the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say# unto your masters; [to say...: or, concerning their masters, saying]
			5	I have made# the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched# arm, and have given# it unto whom it seemed meet# unto me.
			6	And now have I given# all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given# him also to serve# him.
			7	And all nations shall serve# him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come# : and then many nations and great kings shall serve# themselves of him.
			8	And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve# the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put# their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish# , saith# the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed# them by his hand.
			9	Therefore hearken# not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners# , nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters# , nor to your sorcerers, which speak# unto you, saying# , Ye shall not serve# the king of Babylon: [dreamers: Heb. dreams]
			10	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# .
			11	But the nations that bring# their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve# him, those will I let remain still# in their own land, saith# the LORD; and they shall till# it, and dwell# therein.
			12	I spake# also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying# , Bring# your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve# him and his people, and live# .
			13	Why will ye die# , thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken# against the nation that will not serve# the king of Babylon?
			14	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.
			15	For I have not sent# them, saith# the LORD, yet they prophesy# a lie in my name; that I might drive you out# , and that ye might perish# , ye, and the prophets that prophesy# unto you. [a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly]
			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.
			17	Hearken# not unto them; serve# the king of Babylon, and live# : wherefore should this city be laid waste?
			18	But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession# to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left# in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go# not to Babylon.
			19	For thus saith# the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain# in this city,
			20	Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took# not, when he carried away captive# Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
			21	Yea, thus saith# the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain# in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
			22	They shall be carried# to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit# them, saith# the LORD; then will I bring# them up, and restore# them to this place.