Jeremiah 26

Cities of Judah Warned

1In the beginningH7225 of the reignH4468 of 1JehoiakimH3079 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, thisH2088 wordH1697 cameH1961 from the LordH3068, sayingH559, 2“ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: ‘2StandH5975 in the courtyardH2691 of the Lord’sH3068 houseH1004, and speakH1696 to allH3605 the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 who have 3comeH935 to worshipH2331 in the Lord’sH3068 houseH1004 4allH3605 the wordsH1697 that I have commandedH6680 you to speakH1696 to them. 5Do not omitH1639 a wordH1697! 36PerhapsH194 they will listenH8085 and everyoneH376 will turnH7725 from his evilH7451 wayH1870, and 7I will relentH5162 of the disasterH7463 whichH834 I am planningH2803 to inflictH6213 on them becauseH4480H6440 of the evilH7455 of their deedsH4611.’ 4And you shall sayH559 to them, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “8IfH518 you do not listenH8085 to Me, to 9walkH1980 in My LawH8451 whichH834 I have setH5414 beforeH6440 you, 5to listenH8085 to the wordsH1697 of 10My servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030, whomH834 I have been sendingH7971 to you againH7925 and againH7971, but you have not listenedH8085; 6then I will makeH5414 thisH2088 houseH1004 like 11ShilohH7887, and I will makeH5414 thisH2088 cityH5892 a 12curseH7045 to allH3605 the nationsH1471 of the earthH776.”’”

A Plot to Murder Jeremiah

7The 13priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 heardH8085 JeremiahH3414 speakingH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697 in the houseH1004 of the LordH3068. 8Yet when JeremiahH3414 finishedH3615 speakingH1696 everythingH3605 that the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 him to speakH1696 to allH3605 the peopleH5971, then the priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 seizedH8610 him, sayingH559, “14You mustH4191 dieH4191! 9WhyH4069 have you prophesiedH5012 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068, sayingH559, ‘ThisH2088 houseH1004 will be like ShilohH7887 and thisH2088 cityH5892 will be 15in ruinsH2717, withoutH369 inhabitantH3427’?” And 16allH3605 the peopleH5971 gatheredH6950 to JeremiahH3414 at the houseH1004 of the LordH3068.

10When the 17officialsH8269 of JudahH3063 heardH8085 theseH428 thingsH1697, they cameH5927 upH5927 from the king’sH4428 houseH1004 to the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and satH3427 at the 18entranceH6607 of the NewH2319 GateH8179 of the Lord’sH3068 house. 11Then the priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030 19spokeH559 to the officialsH8269 and to allH3605 the peopleH5971, sayingH559, “A 20deathH4194 sentenceH4941 for thisH2088 manH376! For he has prophesiedH5012 21againstH413 thisH2088 cityH5892, justH3512 asH3512 you have heardH8085 with your own earsH241!”

12Then JeremiahH3414 spokeH559 to allH3605 the officialsH8269 and to allH3605 the peopleH5971, sayingH559, “22The LordH3068 sentH7971 me to prophesyH5012 againstH413 thisH2088 houseH1004 and againstH413 thisH2088 cityH5892 allH3605 the wordsH1697 that you have heardH8085. 13NowH6258 then, 23reformH3190 your waysH1870 and your deedsH4611 and obeyH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 your GodH430; and the LordH3068 will relentH5162 of the disasterH7463 whichH834 He has pronouncedH1696 againstH5921 you. 14But as for me, beholdH2009, 24I am in your handsH3027; doH6213 with me as is goodH2896 and rightH3477 in your sightH5869. 15OnlyH389 knowH3045 forH3045 certainH3045 that ifH518 you putH4191 me toH4191 deathH4191, you will bringH5414 25innocentH5355 bloodH1818 on yourselves, and on thisH2088 cityH5892 and its inhabitantsH3427; for trulyH571 the LordH3068 has sentH7971 me to you to speakH1696 allH3605 theseH428 wordsH1697 26so that you hearH241 them.”

Jeremiah Is Spared

16Then the officialsH8269 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 27saidH559 to the priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030, “NoH369 28deathH4194 sentenceH4941 for thisH2088 manH376! For he has spokenH1696 to us in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 our GodH430.” 17Then 29someH376 of the eldersH2205 of the landH776 roseH6965 upH6965 and spokeH559 to allH3605 the assemblyH6951 of the peopleH5971, sayingH559, 18“3031MicahH4318 of MoreshethH4183 used to prophesyH5012 in the daysH3117 of HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063; and he spokeH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063, sayingH559, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 has saidH559: “32ZionH6726 will be plowedH2790 like a fieldH7704, And JerusalemH3389 will becomeH1961 heapsH5856 ofH5856 ruinsH5856, And the 33mountainH2022 of the houseH1004 like the 34highH1116 placesH1116 of a forestH3293.”’ 19Did HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 and allH3605 JudahH3063 actuallyH4191 putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191? Did he not 35fearH3372 the LordH3068 and pleadH2470 forH2470 the favorH6440 of the LordH3068, and 36the LordH3068 relentedH5162 of the disasterH7463 whichH834 He had pronouncedH1696 againstH5921 them? But we are 37committingH6213 a greatH1419 evilH7463 againstH5921 our own livesH5315!”

20IndeedH1571, there was alsoH1571 a manH376 who used to prophesyH5012 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068, UriahH223 the sonH1121 of ShemaiahH8098 from 38Kiriath-jearimH7157; and he prophesiedH5012 againstH5921 thisH2088 cityH5892 and againstH5921 thisH2088 landH776 wordsH1697 similar to allH3605 those of JeremiahH3414. 21When KingH4428 JehoiakimH3079 and allH3605 his warriorsH1368 and allH3605 the officialsH8269 heardH8085 his wordsH1697, then the 39kingH4428 soughtH1245 to putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191; but UriahH223 heardH8085 about it, and he wasH3372 afraidH3372, so he 40fledH1272 and wentH935 to EgyptH4714. 22Then KingH4428 JehoiakimH3079 sentH7971 menH376 to EgyptH4714: 41ElnathanH494 the sonH1121 of AchborH5907 and certain menH376 with him, to EgyptH4714. 23And they broughtH3318 UriahH223 from EgyptH4714 and ledH935 him to KingH4428 JehoiakimH3079, who 42killedH5221 him with a swordH2719 and threwH7993 his deadH5038 bodyH5038 into the 43burialH6913 placeH6913 of the 44commonH1121 peopleH5971.

24But the handH3027 of 45AhikamH296 the sonH1121 of ShaphanH8227 was with JeremiahH3414, so that he was 46not handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to the peopleH5971 to putH4191 him toH4191 deathH4191.