Jeremiah 27:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 27:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 27:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 27:17 — KJV
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”
— Jeremiah 27:17 (KJV)
Jeremiah 27:17 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 27:17
“And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 27:17: king, live, should
“Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 27:17: serve, king, babylon
“Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 27:17: king, babylon, live
“And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 27:17: king, babylon, live
“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”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 27:17: hearken, serve, king
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