Jeremiah Threatened with Death

Jeremiah 26

1 t In the beginning of the reign of u Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 "Thus says the Lord: v Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord w all the words that I command you to speak to them; x do not hold back a word. 3 y It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, z that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them a because of their evil deeds. 4 You shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: b If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, 5 c and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you c urgently, c though you have not listened, 6 then I will make this house d like Shiloh, and I will make this city e a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"

7 f The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. 8 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then f the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, "You shall die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be d like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, g without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 When h the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord and took their seat in the i entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord. 11 Then f the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, j "This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears."

12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. 13 Now therefore k mend your ways and your deeds, l and obey the voice of the Lord your God, z and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. 14 m But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. 15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, n 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."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 27:1
    In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:36
    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
    2 Chronicles 36:5
    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 19:14
    Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the Lord 's house and said to all the people:
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:10
    Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:2
    You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.
    Deuteronomy 12:32
    Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
    Acts 20:27
    For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:3
    It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:13
    Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.
    Jeremiah 26:19
    Did Hezekiah 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 relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.
    Jeremiah 18:8
    And if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:4
    Circumcise yourselves to the Lord ; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:14
    But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments.
    Deuteronomy 28:15
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:3 - 4
    For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:3 - 4
    For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:3 - 4
    For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:12
    Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:9
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:33
    "When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the Lord ?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the Lord.'
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:7
    The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:6
    Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.'
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:7
    A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:12
    He went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:10
    Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord 's house.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:7
    The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:4
    Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.
    Jeremiah 26:16
    Then the officials 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.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:3
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:2
    And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:3
    It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil deeds.
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 9:25
    And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.
  27. Cross References
    Matthew 27:24
    So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.
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