Jeremiah 26:1-9

1In the beginning of the reign of 1Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying, 2“This is what the Lord says: ‘2Stand in the courtyard of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have 3come to worship in the Lord’s house 4all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. 5Do not omit a word! 36Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, and 7I will relent of the disaster which I am planning to inflict on them because of the evil of their deeds.’ 4And you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “8If you do not listen to Me, to 9walk in My Law which I have set before you, 5to listen to the words of 10My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened; 6then I will make this house like 11Shiloh, and I will make this city a 12curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”

7The 13priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. 8Yet when Jeremiah finished speaking everything that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “14You must die! 9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be 15in ruins, without inhabitant’?” And 16all the people gathered to Jeremiah at the house of the Lord.