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26 : 1 In the beginning of the reign ofJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from theLord:
26 : 2 Thus says theLord:Stand in the court of theLord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of theLordall the words that I command you to speak to them;do not hold back a word.
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 thembecause of their evil deeds.
26 : 4 You shall say to them,Thus says theLord:If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you,
26 : 5 and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to youurgently,though you have not listened,
26 : 6 then I will make this houselike Shiloh, and I will make this citya curse for all the nations of the earth.
26 : 7 The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of theLord.
26 : 8 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that theLordhad commanded him to speak to all the people, thenthe priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying,You shall die!
26 : 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of theLord, saying,This house shall belike Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate,without inhabitant?And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of theLord.
26 : 10 Whenthe officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of theLordand took their seat in theentry of the New Gate of the house of theLord.
26 : 11 Thenthe priests and the prophets said to the officials 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.
26 : 12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying,TheLordsent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
26 : 13 Now thereforemend your ways and your deeds,and obey the voice of theLordyour God,and theLordwill relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.
26 : 14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
26 : 15 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 theLordsent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
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 theLordour God.
26 : 17 And certain ofthe elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,
26 : 18 Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah:Thus says theLordof hosts,Zion shall be plowed as a field;Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
26 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?Did he not fear theLordand entreat the favor of theLord,and did not theLordrelent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them?But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.
26 : 20 There was another man who prophesied in the name of theLord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah fromKiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah.
26 : 21 And whenKing Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.
26 : 22 ThenKing Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men,Elnathan the son ofAchbor and others with him,
26 : 23 and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim,who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
26 : 24 But the hand ofAhikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.