Jeremiah 27 · Verse 12

Jeremiah 27:12

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.
Jeremiah 27:12, King James Version

Jeremiah 27:12 in other translations

BSBAnd to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
WEBI spoke 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.
ASVAnd I spake 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.
YLTAnd unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, ‘Cause your necks to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
DARBYAnd I spoke 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.
BBEAnd I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
WebsterI spoke 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.

What does Jeremiah 27:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. I spake also--translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 27:12-18
Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not much more our wisdom to submit to the pleasant and easy yoke of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, that we may secure our souls? It were well if sinners would be afraid of the destruction threatened against all who will not have Christ to reign over them. Why should they die the second death, infinitely worse than that by sword and famine, when they may submit and live? And those who encourage sinners to go on in sinful ways, will perish with them.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 27:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
צִדְקִיָּ֤הtzid.ki.YahZedekiahH6667
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
דִּבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696
כְּכָל\־ke.khol-according to allH3605
הַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
הָבִ֨יאוּha.Vi.'ubringH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צַוְּארֵיכֶ֜םtza.ve.rei.Khemnecks yourH6677
בְּעֹ֣לbe.'Olin [the] yoke ofH5923
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֗לba.VelBabylonH894
וְעִבְד֥וּve.'iv.Duand serveH5647
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
וְעַמּ֖וֹve.'a.Moand people hisH5971
וִֽחְיֽוּ\׃Vich.Yuand liveH2421

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Cross references for Jeremiah 27:12

  • Jeremiah 28:1

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

  • Jeremiah 38:17

    Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

  • Jeremiah 27:8

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:11-13

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 27:2-3

    Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 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;

  • Proverbs 1:33

    But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  • Ezekiel 17:11-21

    Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zedekiah.
3; 28:1; 38:17; 2Ch 36:11-13; Pr 1:33; Eze 17:11-21
Bring.
2,8

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Context

  • Jeremiah 27:11

    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.

  • Jeremiah 27:12

    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.

  • Jeremiah 27:13

    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?

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Jeremiah 27:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y hablé también á Sedechîas rey de Judá conforme á todas estas palabras, diciendo: Someted vuestros cuellos al yugo del rey de Babilonia, y servid á él y á su pueblo, y vivid.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je parlai à Sédécias, roi de Juda, selon toutes ces paroles, disant: Prêtez vos cous au joug du roi de Babylone, et servez-le, lui et son peuple, et vous vivrez.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich redete zu Zedekia, dem König von Juda, nach allen diesen Worten und sprach: Bringet eure Hälse unter das Joch des Königs von Babel und dienet ihm und seinem Volke, so werdet ihr leben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ad Sedeciam regem Juda locutus sum secundum omnia verba hæc, dicens: Subjicite colla vestra sub jugo regis Babylonis, et servite ei et populo ejus, et vivetis.