Jeremiah 27:16
27:16 I also told the priests and all the people, “The Lord says, ‘Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. But they are prophesying a lie to you.
Jeremiah 27:18-22
27:18 I also told them,
“If they are really prophets and the
Lord is speaking to them,
let them pray earnestly to the
Lord who rules over all.
Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the
Lord’s temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away
to Babylon.
27:19 For the
Lord who rules over all
has already spoken about the two bronze pillars,
the large bronze basin called ‘The Sea,’
and the movable bronze stands.
He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city.
27:20 He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives.
27:21 Indeed, the
Lord God of Israel who rules over all
has already spoken
about the valuable articles that are left in the
Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
27:22 He has said, ‘They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again.
Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ I, the
Lord, affirm this!”