In the
beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah came this word from the
Lord, saying,
02 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the
Lord's house, and speak unto all the cities of
Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house,
all the words that I command thee to speak unto
them; diminish not a word:
03 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.
04 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my
law, which I have set before you,
05 To hearken to the words of my servants the
prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up
early, and sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
06 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and
will make this city a curse to all the nations of
the earth.
07 So the priests and the prophets and all the
people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the
house of the Lord.
08 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an
end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded
him to speak unto all the people, that the
priests and the prophets and all the people took
him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
09 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the
Lord, 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 the Lord.
10 When the princes of Judah heard these things,
then they came up from the king's house unto the
house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of the Lord's house.
11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto
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.
12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and
to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to
prophesy against this house and against this city
all the words that ye have heard.
13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings,
and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the
Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
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14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with
me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
15 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 upon the
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath
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 hath spoken to us in the
name of the Lord our God.
17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the
land, and spake to all the assembly of the
people, saying,
18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the
people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of
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 the Lord,
and besought the Lord, and the Lord 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 that prophesied in
the name of the Lord, 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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