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New Revised Standard

Jeremiah 27:4

Give them this charge for their masters: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Babylon;   Blessing;   Edom;   Edomites;   Instruction;   Sidon;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   The Topic Concordance - Creation;   Earth;   Government;   Man;   Power;   Punishment;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Edomites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Phoenicia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Providence of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herodians;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - God;   Moab, Moabites ;   Tyre, Tyrus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ammonites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell this to your masters:
Hebrew Names Version
and give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el, Thus shall you tell your masters:
King James Version
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
English Standard Version
Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:
New American Standard Bible
"Order them to go to their masters, saying, 'This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "This is what you shall say to your masters:
New Century Version
Tell them to give this message to their masters: ‘The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: "Tell your masters:
Amplified Bible
"Command them to go to their masters, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, you shall say this to your masters:
World English Bible
and give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell your masters:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And commande them to saye vnto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say vnto your masters,
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters,
Berean Standard Bible
Give them a message for their masters declaring that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell them:
Contemporary English Version
So have them tell their kings that I have said: I am the All-Powerful Lord God of Israel,
Complete Jewish Bible
Give them this message for their masters by telling their envoys that Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says for them to tell their masters:
Darby Translation
And give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
Easy-to-Read Version
Tell them to give the message to their masters. Tell them that this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell your masters that
George Lamsa Translation
And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:
Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, told me to command them to tell their kings that the Lord had said:
Lexham English Bible
And you must command them for their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, this you shall say to your masters:
Literal Translation
And command them to go to their masters, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: So you shall say to your masters,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and byd them saye vnto their masters: Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel, speake thus vnto yor masters:
American Standard Version
and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
Bible in Basic English
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and give them a charge unto their masters, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
King James Version (1611)
And command them to say vnto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say vnto your masters:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And bid them say vnto their maisters, Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel, speake thus vnto your maisters:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.
English Revised Version
and give them a charge unto their masters; saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt comaunde to hem, that thei speke to her lordis, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ye schulen seie these thingis to youre lordis,
Update Bible Version
and give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus you shall say to your masters:
Webster's Bible Translation
And command them to say to their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to your masters;
New English Translation
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.
New King James Version
And command them to say to their masters, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel--thus you shall say to your masters:
New Living Translation
Give them this message for their masters: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says:
New Life Bible
Tell them to go to their leaders, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, and this is what you should say to your leaders:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shall give them charge unto their lords saying, - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your lords: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt command them to speak to their masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:
Revised Standard Version
Give them this charge for their masters: 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:
Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast commanded them for their lords, saying, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Command them to go to their masters, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters,

Contextual Overview

1 In the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord . 2 Thus the Lord said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck. 3 Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah. 4 Give them this charge for their masters: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters: 5 It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please. 6 Now I have given all these lands into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him even the wild animals of the field to serve him. 7 All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave. 8 But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this king, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord , until I have completed its destruction by his hand. 9 You, therefore, must not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, "You shall not serve the king of Babylon." 10 For they are prophesying a lie to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land; I will drive you out, and you will perish.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to say unto their masters, Thus: or, concerning their masters, saying

Thus: the Lord, Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 51:19, Exodus 5:1

Reciprocal: Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Jeremiah 28:14 - I have put

Cross-References

Genesis 14:19
He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes."
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 27:7
‘Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food to eat, that I may bless you before the Lord before I die.'
Genesis 27:15
Then Rebekah took the best garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob;
Genesis 27:20
But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success."
Genesis 27:22
So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
Genesis 27:23
He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.
Genesis 27:25
Then he said, "Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis 27:27
So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, "Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And command them to say unto their masters,.... The prophet is sent with authority, and ordered to speak in a very high strain, having his orders from the King of kings and Lord of lords; a greater master than those messengers had; and to enjoin them to tell their several masters in his master's name; as follows:

thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; who, though in a peculiar manner the God of Israel, yet was Lord of the whole world, and had all the armies of heaven and earth at his command, to enforce his power and authority; wherefore what he says ought to be attended to:

thus shall ye say to your masters; deliver to them the following words of the great Jehovah.


 
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