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Jeremiah 27:17

NETBible	Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you¹ will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’”²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 27:17	Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin?
NASB © biblegateway Jer 27:17	"Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
NLT © biblegateway Jer 27:17	Do not listen to them. Surrender to the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this whole city be destroyed?
MSG © biblegateway Jer 27:17	Don't listen to them. Submit to the king of Babylon and live a long life. Why do something that will destroy this city and leave it a heap of rubble?
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 27:17	Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 27:17	Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 27:17	‘Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city be laid waste?
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KJV	Hearken <08085> (8799) not unto them; serve <05647> (8798) the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>_, and live <02421> (8798)_: wherefore should this city <05892> be laid waste <02723>_?
NASB © biblegateway Jer 27:17	"Do not listen <08085> to them; serve <05647> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> , and live <02421> ! Why <04100> should this <0384> city <05892> become <01961> a ruin <02723> ?
NET [draft] ITL	Do not <0408> listen <08085> to <0413> them. Be subject <05647> to the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> . Then you will continue to live <02421> . Why <04100> should this <02063> city <05892> be made <01961> a pile of rubble <02723> ?’”
HEBREW	hbrx <02723> tazh <02063> ryeh <05892> hyht <01961> hml <04100> wyxw <02421> lbb <0894> Klm <04428> ta <0853> wdbe <05647> Mhyla <0413> wemst <08085> la (27:17) <0408>

NETBible

Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you¹ will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’”²

NET Notes

¹tn The imperative with vav (ו) here and in v. 12 after another imperative are a good example of the use of the imperative to introduce a consequence. (See GKC 324-25 §110.f and see Gen 42:18. This is a common verb in this idiom.)

²tn According to E. W. Bullinger (Figures of Speech, 954) both this question and the one in v. 13 are examples of rhetorical questions of prohibition / “don’t let this city be made a pile of rubble.”