Jeremiah 27:9
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
The verse belongs to the record of Jeremiah's letters to the Hebrew captives and the false prophets' letters to the captives and to Jerusalem's authorities, part of the conflict between true and false prophets during the Babylonian captivity. It belongs also to messages Jeremiah delivered through acted parables to warn Judah as Babylonian danger approached. It warns the nations not to listen to their prophets, nor to their diviners, nor to their dreamers, nor to their enchanters, nor to their sorcerers, who speak to them saying they shall not serve the king of Babylon. Those assurances contradicted God's decree that the nations serve Nebuchadnezzar.
The required submission was God's limited punishment for Israel's unrepentant sin, appointed for a set time. The false promises were lies that would draw the people away from the course God had appointed, away from their land, and to destruction. Resisting the appointed subjection would bring sword or war, famine, and pestilence. The nations that submitted to Babylon would be allowed to remain in their own lands, live there, and work the land. The servitude was to last seventy years, after which God would deliver the captives and punish Babylon. It urges avoiding entangling alliances with Egypt and maintaining friendly relations with Babylon rather than relying on assurances of avoiding Babylonian rule.