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Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: "This is what the LORD says: 'Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, "Behold, the ^(C1)vessels of the LORD'S house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon"; for they are prophesying a ^(C2)lie to you.

'Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city ^(C1)become a place of ruins?

'But ^(C1)if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, have them now ^(C2)plead with the LORD of armies that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD and the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem do not go to Babylon.

'For this is what the LORD of armies says concerning the ^(C1)pillars, concerning the ^(F1)sea, concerning the kettle stands, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he ^(C1)led into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

'Yes, this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:

"They will be ^(C1)brought to Babylon and will be there until the ^(C2)day I visit them," declares the LORD. "Then I will ^(C3)bring them ^(F1)back and restore them to this place."'"