Jeremiah 27:4
27:4 Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them, ‘The
Lord God of Israel who rules over all
says to give your masters this message.
Jeremiah 27:7
27:7 All nations must serve him and his son and grandson
until the time comes for his own nation to fall.
Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.
Jeremiah 40:4
40:4 But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free
from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you.
But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so.
You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go.
Go wherever you choose.”
Deuteronomy 4:20
4:20 You, however, the
Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace,
to be his special people
as you are today.
Deuteronomy 28:48
28:48 instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty
you will serve your enemies whom the
Lord will send against you. They
will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.
Isaiah 14:4-6
14:4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:
“Look how the oppressor has met his end!
Hostility has ceased!
14:5 The Lord has broken the club of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers.
14:6 It furiously struck down nations
with unceasing blows.
It angrily ruled over nations,
oppressing them without restraint.