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Jeremiah
Chapter
26
1
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim
the
son of Josiah king of Judah
came
this word from Jehovah/God, saying, 2
Thus
said Jehovah/God;
Stand
in the court of Jehovah/God's house,
and
speak unto all the cities of Judah,
who
come to worship in Jehovah/God's house,
all
the words that I command you to speak unto them;
diminish
not a word.
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.
4
And you shall say unto them,
Thus
said Jehovah/God;
If
you will not hearken to me,
to
Walk in My law,
which
I have set before you, 5
to
hearken to the words of My servants the prophets,
whom
I sent unto you,
both
rising up early,
and
sending them,
but
you have not hearkened; 6
then
will I make this house like Shiloh,
and
will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking
these words in the house of Jehovah/God.
8
Now it came to pass,
when
Jeremiah had made an end of speaking
all
that Jehovah/God 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.
9
Why have you prophesied in the name of Jehovah/God, 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 Jehovah/God.
10
When the princes of Judah heard these things,
then
they came up from the king's house
unto
the house of Jehovah/God,
and
sat down in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah/God's house.
11
Then spoke the priests and the prophets
into
the princes and to all the people, saying,
this
man is worthy to die;
for
he has prophesied against this city,
as
you have heard with your ears.
12
Then spoke Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying,
Jehovah/God sent me to prophesy
against
this house and against this city
all
the words that you have heard.
13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings,
and
obey the voice of Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead;
and
Jehovah/God will repent him
of
the evil that he has pronounced against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand.
Do with me as seems good and correct/meet unto you.
15
But know you for certain,
that
if you put me to death,
you
shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves,
and
upon this city,
and
upon the inhabitants thereof . . .
for
of a truth
Jehovah/God
has sent me unto you
to
speak all these words in your ears.
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 Jehovah/God
our
'Elohiym/Godhead.
17
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,
and
spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, 18
Micah
the Morasthite prophesied in the days
of
Hezekiah king of Judah,
and
spoke to all the people of Judah, saying,
Thus
said Jehovah/God of the armies/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.
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?
Did
he not fear Jehovah/God,
and
besought Jehovah/God,
and
Jehovah/God repented him of the evil
which
he had pronounced against them?
Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
20
And there was also a man
who
prophesied in the name of Jehovah/God,
Urijah
the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim,
who
prophesied against this city
and
against this land
according
to all the words of Jeremiah.
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.
22
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely,
Elnathan
the son of Achbor,
and
certain men with him into Egypt.
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.
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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