Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Serve
Wherefore
Bible References
Serve
Jeremiah 27:11
Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"
Wherefore
Jeremiah 27:13
There is no reason why you and your people should die in war or from starvation or disease! That's what the Lord says will happen to any nation that will not be subject to the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "The Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, says, 'You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared.