The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they
prophesy a lie unto you.
JER 27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a
lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish,
ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
JER 27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying,
Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that
prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall
now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto
you.
JER 27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live:
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