^{14 Ref} And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.

^{15 Ref} For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.

^{16 Ref} And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.

^{17 Ref} Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?