At the beginning of the reign of King JehoiakimaJehoiakim Emendation yields “Zedekiah”; so a few mss. and Syriac; cf. vv. 3 and 12. son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from GOD:
Word-by-Word Analysis
בראשית
913
ממלכת
530
יהויקם
171
בןיאושיהו
390
מלך
90
יהודה
30
היה
20
הדבר
211
הזה
17
אלירמיה
296
מאת
441
יהוה
26
לאמר
271
Jeremiah 27:2
Gematria: 3244
כהאמריהוהאליעשהלךמוסרותומטותונתתםעלצוארך
Thus said GOD to me: Make for yourself thongs and bars of a yoke, and put them on your neck.
And send thembAnd send them Emendation yields “And send,” i.e., a message. to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by envoys who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem;
“It is I who made the earth, and the humans and animals that are on the earth, by My great might and My outstretched arm; and I give it to whomever I deem proper.
The nation or kingdom that does not serve him—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will visit—declares GOD—with sword, famine, and pestilence, until I have destroyed it by his hands.
As for you, give no heed to your prophets, augurs, dreamers,cdreamers Lit. “dreams.” diviners, and sorcerers, who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.’
But the nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serves him, will be left by Me on its own soil—declares GOD—to till it and dwell on it.”
I also spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in just the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
Otherwise you will die together with your people, by sword, famine, and pestilence, as GOD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon.
I have not sent them—declares GOD—and they prophesy falsely in My name, with the result that I will drive you out and you shall perish, together with the prophets who prophesy to you.”
And to the priests and to all that people I said: “Thus said GOD: Give no heed to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, ‘The vessels of the House of GOD shall shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for they prophesy falsely to you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואלהכהנים
167
ואלכלהעם
202
הזה
17
דברתי
616
לאמר
271
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
אלתשמעו
847
אלדברי
247
נביאיכם
133
הנבאים
108
לכם
90
לאמר
271
הנה
60
כלי
60
ביתיהוה
438
מושבים
398
מבבלה
79
עתה
475
מהרה
250
כי
30
שקר
600
המה
50
נבאים
103
לכם
90
Jeremiah 27:17
Gematria: 2978
אלתשמעואליהםעבדואתמלךבבלוחיולמהתהיההעירהזאתחרבה
Give them no heed. Serve the king of Babylon, and live! Otherwise this city shall become a ruin.
If they are really prophets and the word of GOD is with them, let them intercede with GOD of Hosts not to let the vessels remaining in the House of GOD, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem, go to Babylon!
“For thus said GOD of Hosts concerning the columns, the tank,dtank Lit. “sea”; cf. 1 Kings 7.23ff. the stands, and the rest of the vessels remaining in this city,
which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he exiled King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
They shall be brought to Babylon, and there they shall remain, until I take note of them—declares GOD of Hosts—and bring them up and restore them to this place.”