Daniel Condurachi’s Blog

Reading Jeremiah 27 I wondered what was the purpose of God telling all those kings to obey and surrender to Nebuchadnezzar – king of Babylon. In verses from 7 to 11 we read:

7 And all nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the [God-appointed] time [of punishment] of his own land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

8 But any nation or kingdom that will not serve this same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed it by [Nebuchadnezzar's] hand.

9 So do not listen to your [false] prophets, your diviners, your dreamers [and your dreams, whether your own or others'], your soothsayers, your sorcerers, who say to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.

10 For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

11 But any nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation will I let remain on its own land, says the Lord, to cultivate it and dwell in it.

Jeremiah 27:7-11

God want to show His power and that His word is true. Everything that God sais will happen. So what? Well, this means that God is the onlyand the highest authority. He is the ultimate divinity and only he deserves our worship.

All those people (see verse 3) had their imaginary gods and false prophets. All those prophets were saing that everything will be good and that they will not have to serve the king of Babylon. God want’s to proove them wrong, to show that all those gods are nothing. God deserves our respect and worship and He asks this from us.