Jeremiah 27:16

Hebrew Bible

15 For I, the Lord, affirm that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. If you listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.’” 16 I also told the priests and all the people, “The Lord says, ‘Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. But they are prophesying a lie to you. 17 Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’”

LXX Jeremiah 34:16

Septuagint

12 because I did not send them,” declares the Lord, “and they are prophesying wrongly in my name so as to destroy you; and you and your prophets who prophesy lies wrongly to you will be destroyed. 13 I have spoken to you and all this people and the priests, saying, ‘This is what the Lord said: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘Look, the vessels of the house of the Lord will return from Babylon,’ because they are prophesying wrongly to you. 14 I did not send them.

 Notes and References
"... The focus now is on the Temple treasures, which are of special concern to the priests. But priests and people are also told to serve the king of Babylon and live. The LXX reverses "priests" and "people" and adds an initial "to you": "To you and to all this people, and to all the priests I spoke." The added pronoun may belong to the LXX plus at the end of verse 15, which does not appear to be original. The LXX reverses "priests" and "people" also in Jeremiah 28:5 ..."

Lundbom, Jack R. Jeremiah 21-36: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (p. 321) Doubleday, 2004

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