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JEREMIAH ยท Chapter 26
26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
26:2 Thus says the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and
speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's
house, all the words that I command you to speak unto them; diminish not
a word:
26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way,
that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because
of the evil of their doings.
26:4 And you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; If all of you
will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent
unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but all of you have not
hearkened;
26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city
a curse to all the nations of the earth.
26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that
the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall
surely die.
26:9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This
house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an
inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in
the house of the LORD.
26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came
up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the
entry of the new gate of the LORD's house.
26:11 Then spoke the priests and the prophets unto the princes and
to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he has prophesied
against this city, as all of you have heard with your ears.
26:12 Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this
city all the words that all of you have heard.
26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice
of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he
has pronounced against you.
26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good
and meet unto you.
26:15 But know all of you for certain, that if all of you put me to
death, all of you shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and
upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for truthfully the LORD
has sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and
to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he has spoken to us
in the name of the LORD our God.
26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to
all the assembly of the people, saying,
26:18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king
of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD
of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?
did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented
him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure
great evil against our souls.
26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this
city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all
the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but
when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan
the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people.
26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah,
that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to
death.
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