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Jeremiah 27:17 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Jeremiah 27:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 27 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”
Jeremiah 27:17 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 27:17
Serve the king of Babylon, and live (עִבְדוּ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וִחְיוּ)—God's command to abad (serve, become subject to) Babylon scandalized Jerusalem. Yet submission meant survival; rebellion meant Jerusalem's destruction. This sovereign reversal—pagan empire as God's instrument—demolished Judah's presumption that God must defend Zion regardless of covenant faithfulness.Wherefore should this city be laid waste? (לָמָה תִהְיֶה הָעִיר הַזֹּאת חָרְבָּה)—The rhetorical question exposes the tragic irony: resistance to God's revealed will, cloaked in patriotic zeal, would accomplish what submission...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 27:17
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“Thus says Yahweh”
“and from the streets of Jerusalem”
“and serve him”
“but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.”