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, 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; 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: 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. 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.
1 in principio regni Ioachim filii Iosiae
regis Iuda
factum est verbum istud ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens
2 haec dicit Dominus ad me
fac tibi vincula et catenas et pones eas in collo tuo
3 et mittes eas ad regem Edom et ad regem Moab
et ad regem filiorum Ammon et ad regem Tyri
et ad regem Sidonis in manu nuntiorum
qui venerunt Hierusalem ad Sedeciam regem Iuda
4 et praecipies eis ut ad dominos suos loquantur
haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
haec dicetis ad dominos vestros
5 ego feci terram et hominem
et iumenta quae sunt super faciem terrae
in fortitudine mea magna et in brachio meo extento
et dedi eam ei qui placuit in oculis meis
6 et nunc itaque ego dedi omnes terras istas
in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis servi mei
insuper et bestias agri dedi ei ut serviant illi
7 et servient ei omnes gentes et filio eius et filio filii eius
donec veniat tempus terrae eius et ipsius
et servient ei gentes multae et reges magni
8 gens autem et regnum quod non servierit Nabuchodonosor regi Babylonis
et quicumque non curvaverit collum suum sub iugo regis Babylonis
in gladio et in fame et in peste visitabo super gentem illam
ait Dominus
donec consumam eos in manu eius
9 vos ergo nolite audire prophetas vestros et divinos
et somniatores et augures et maleficos
qui dicunt vobis non servietis regi Babylonis
10 quia mendacium prophetant vobis
ut longe faciant vos de terra vestra
et eiciam vos et pereatis
11 porro gens quae subiecerit cervicem suam sub iugo regis Babylonis
et servierit ei
dimittam eam in terra sua dicit Dominus
et colet eam et habitabit in ea
12 et ad Sedeciam regem Iuda locutus sum
secundum omnia verba haec dicens
subicite colla vestra sub iugo regis Babylonis
et servite ei et populo eius et vivetis
13 quare moriemini tu et populus tuus gladio fame et peste
sicut locutus est Dominus ad gentem
quae servire noluerit regi Babylonis
14 nolite audire verba prophetarum dicentium vobis
non servietis regi Babylonis quia mendacium ipsi loquuntur vobis
15 quia non misi eos ait Dominus
et ipsi prophetant in nomine meo mendaciter
ut eiciant vos et pereatis
tam vos quam prophetae qui vaticinantur vobis
16 et ad sacerdotes et ad populum istum locutus sum dicens
haec dicit Dominus nolite audire verba prophetarum vestrorum
qui prophetant vobis dicentes
ecce vasa Domini revertentur de Babylone nunc cito
mendacium enim prophetant vobis
17 nolite ergo audire eos sed servite regi Babylonis ut vivatis
quare datur haec civitas in solitudinem
18 et si prophetae sunt et est verbum Domini in eis
occurrant Domino exercituum
ut non veniant vasa quae derelicta fuerant in domum Domini
et in domum regis Iuda et in Hierusalem in Babylonem
19 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum
ad columnas et ad mare et ad bases
et ad reliqua vasorum quae remanserunt in civitate hac
20 quae non tulit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis
cum transferret Iechoniam filium Ioachim regem Iuda
de Hierusalem in Babylonem
et omnes optimates Iuda et Hierusalem
21 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
ad vasa quae derelicta sunt in domum Domini
et in domum regis Iuda et Hierusalem
22 in Babylonem transferentur
et ibi erunt usque ad diem visitationis suae dicit Dominus
et adferri faciam ea et restitui in loco isto