The Book of Jeremiah
26: 1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
came this word from Jehovah, saying, 26:2Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of
Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in
Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish
not a word. 26:3It may 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. 26:4And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will
not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5to hearken to
the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up
early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; 26:6then will I make this house
like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. 26:7And
the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these
words in the house of Jehovah. 26:8And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made
an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the
people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him,
saying, Thou shalt surely die. 26:9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of
Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate,
without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house
of Jehovah. 26:10And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up
from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the
new gate of Jehovah's house. 26:11Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the
princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath
prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. 26:12Then spake
Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to
prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
26:13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you. 26:14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me
as is good and right in your eyes. 26:15Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to
death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon
the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all
these words in your ears. 26:16Then said the princes and all the people unto the
priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to
us in the name of Jehovah our God. 26:17Then rose up certain of the elders of the
land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18Micah the Morashtite
prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people
of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and
Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places
of a forest. 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he
not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great
evil against our own souls. 26:20And there was also a man that prophesied in the
name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied
against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
26:21and 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 Uriah heard it, he
was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt: 26:22and Jehoiakim the king sent men into
Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into
Egypt; 26:23and they fetched forth Uriah 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. 26:24But 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.