Jer 27:16 | NETfull | STEP | 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.

Jeremiah 27:16

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 ^{▼▼ Heb “don’t listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you….” The sentence has been broken up for the sake of English style and one level of embedded quotes has been eliminated to ease complexity.} the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. ^{▼▼ This refers to the valuable articles of the temple treasury which were carried off by Nebuchadnezzar four years earlier when he carried off Jeconiah, his family, some of his nobles, and some of the cream of Judean society (2 Kgs 24:10–16, especially v. 13 and see also vv. 19–20 in the verses following).} But they are prophesying a lie to you.