Jeremiah:26

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* In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim , the son of Josiah , king of Judah , came this word from Jehovah , saying :–– * Thus saith Jehovah : Stand in the court of the house of Jehovah , and speak to those who come from all the cities of Judah to worship in the house of Jehovah all the words which I have commanded thee to speak to them ; abate not a word . * If peradventure they will hearken and turn every one from his evil way , that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of their evil doings . * And thou shalt say to them , Thus saith Jehovah : If ye will not hearken to me , to walk in my law which I have set before you , * to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets , whom I sent to you , rising early and sending , and ye have not hearkened , * then will I make this house like Shiloh , and this city will I make a curse to all the nations of the earth . * And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah . * And when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people , then the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him , and said , Thou shalt surely die ! * Why dost thou prophesy in the name of Jehovah , and say , This house shall be as Shiloh , and this city shall be made desolate without an inhabitant ? And all the people were assembled together against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah . * When the princes of Judah heard these things , they went up from the king ’s house to the house of Jehovah , and sat in the entrance of the new gate of the house of Jehovah . * Then spake the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people , saying : This man is worthy to die ; for he hath prophesied against this city , as ye have heard with your ears . * Then spake Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people , saying : Jehovah hath sent me to prophesy against this house , and against this city , all the words which ye have heard . * But now amend ye your ways and your doings , and obey the voice of Jehovah , your God , and Jehovah will repent of the evil which he hath pronounced against you . * And as for me , behold , I am in your hands ; do to me as it seemeth good and right in your eyes . * But know ye for certain that , if ye put me to death , ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves , and upon this city , and its inhabitants ; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears . * Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and the prophets : This man is not worthy to die , for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah , our God . * Certain elders of the land also rose up , and spoke to all the assembly of the people , saying : * Micah , the Morasthite , prophesied in the days of Hezekiah , king of Judah , and spake to all the people of Judah , saying , Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Zion shall be ploughed like a field , and Jerusalem shall become heaps of stones , and the mountain of the house as the heights of a forest . * Did Hezekiah , king of Judah , and all Judah , put him to death ? Did he not fear Jehovah , and beseech Jehovah , so that Jehovah repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them ? Shall we then bring so great an evil upon ourselves ? * There was also another man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah , Urijah , the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath –jearim , who prophesied against this city and this land , according to all the words of Jeremiah ; * and when Jehoiakim the king , and 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 . * But Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt , Elnathan the son of Achbor , and certain men with him into Egypt , * and they brought Urijah out of Egypt , and carried him to King Jehoiakim , who slew him with the sword , and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people . * Nevertheless , the hand of Ahikam , the son of Shaphan , was with Jeremiah , that he should not be delivered into the hand of the people , to be put to death .

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