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12 I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said,[a] “Submit[b] to the yoke of servitude to[c] the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:12 tn Heb “I spoke to Zedekiah…according to all these words, saying.”
  2. Jeremiah 27:12 sn The verbs in this verse are all plural. They are addressed to Zedekiah and his royal advisers (compare 22:2).
  3. Jeremiah 27:12 tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure.