14 Do not listen(A) to the words of the prophets(B) who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies(C) to you. 15 ‘I have not sent(D) them,’ declares the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name.(E) Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish,(F) both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.’”

16 Then I said to the priests and all these people, “This is what the Lord says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, ‘Very soon now the articles(G) from the Lord’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen(H) to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.(I) Why should this city become a ruin?

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14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

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