rsv Jeremiah:26:11-24 SEEK
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Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people , "
This man deserves the sentence of death ,
because he has prophesied against this city ,
as you have heard with your own ears ."
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Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people ,
saying , "
The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard .
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Now therefore amend your ways and your doings ,
and obey the voice of the LORD your God ,
and the LORD will repent of the evil which he has pronounced against you .
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But as for me ,
behold ,
I am in your hands .
Do with me as seems good and right to you .
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Only know for certain that if you put me to death ,
you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants ,
for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears ."
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Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets , "
This man does not deserve the sentence of death ,
for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God ."
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And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people ,
saying ,
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Micah of Mo '
resheth prophesied in the days of Hezeki '
ah king of Judah ,
and said to all the people of Judah : `
Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
Zion shall be plowed as a field ;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins ,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height .'
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Did Hezeki '
ah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death ?
Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD ,
and did not the LORD repent of the evil which he had pronounced against them ?
But we are about to bring great evil upon ourselves ."
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There was another man who prophesied in the name of the LORD ,
Uri '
ah the son of Shemai '
ah from Kir '
iath-je '
arim .
He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah .
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And when King Jehoi '
akim ,
with all his warriors and all the princes ,
heard his words ,
the king sought to put him to death ;
but when Uri '
ah heard of it ,
he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt .
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Then King Jehoi '
akim sent to Egypt certain men ,
Elna '
than the son of Achbor and others with him ,
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and they fetched Uri '
ah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoi '
akim ,
who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people .
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But the hand of Ahi '
kam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death .