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And you shall send them to the king of Idumea and to the king of Moab and to the king of the sons of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon, by the hands of their messengers who come to meet them at Jerusalem, to Sedekias king of Judah.
And the nation and the kingdom, whoever will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon — with sword and with famine I will visit them, said the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.
But as for you, do not listen to your false prophets, nor to those who divine for you, nor to those who dream for you, nor to your omens, nor to your sorcerers, who say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon.
But the nation which brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will also leave it upon its own land, and it shall labour for him and dwell in it.
For I did not send them, says the Lord, yet they prophesy in my name unjustly, so as to destroy you; and you shall perish, you and your prophets who prophesy to you unjustly and falsely.
And to you and to all this people and to the priests I spoke, saying: Thus said the Lord: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall return from Babylon. For what they prophesy to you is unjust; I did not send them.