7 All nations will serve him, his son and grandson, until the time for his land arrives; then many nations and great kings will conquer him.
8 As for the nation or country that won’t serve Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar and won’t put its neck under his yoke, I will punish it with sword, famine, and disease until I have destroyed it by his hand, declares the Lord.
9 As for you, don’t listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, mediums, or your sorcerers who say to you, "Don’t serve the king of Babylon."
10 They are lying to you, and their lies will lead to banishment from your land. I will drive you out, and you will perish.
11 But any nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let stay in its land to till it and live on it, declares the Lord.
12 I delivered the same message to Judah’s King Zedekiah: If you want to live, put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people.
13 Why should you and your people die by sword, famine, and disease, as the Lord pronounced against any nation that won’t serve the king of Babylon?