Jeremiah 27:10
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Jeremiah 27:10 belongs to the dispute between Jeremiah and the false prophets over the Babylonian captivity, in which the captives were in danger of being misled to ruin by false predictions. In that setting the message urged Judah to avoid an entangling alliance with Egypt and controversy with Babylon, and Jeremiah used acted parables to awaken the people to their duty to God and to encourage friendly relations with Babylon. The liars warned against were prophets, diviners, dreamers, enchanters, and sorcerers, who promised Judah and the surrounding nations that they would not have to serve Babylon.
Their counsel was a lie because it urged resistance to the servitude God had decreed for a limited time. It led the people away from the course He had prescribed to preserve them in their land. Submitting to Nebuchadnezzar's yoke was the merciful and lightest punishment God could impose. The nations that accepted that yoke would be allowed to remain in their own lands.
Trusting the false promise and rejecting God's command would cause the people to be removed far from their land, driven out, and perish under His judgment. That judgment would come through famine, sword or war, and pestilence. Those who rebelled would thus suffer the full rigor of His chastisement instead of the limited punishment He offered.