Jeremiah 26:7

Jeremiah 26:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 26:7

5You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them. 6If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.’” The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord’s temple. 8Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, “You deserve to die! 9How dare you claim the Lord’s authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 26:7 word by word

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֛וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְכָל־הָעָ֑ם אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• and all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• these wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 26:7

• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
• Jeremiah 23:11Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
• Ezekiel 22:25Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
• Micah 3:11Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
• Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.
• Matthew 21:15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant
• Acts 4:1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
• Acts 5:17Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 26:7

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him to prophesy thus. As long as ministers keep close to the word they have from God, they need not fear. And those are very unjust who complain of ministers for preaching of hell and damnation; for it is from a desire to bring them to heaven and salvation…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The crowd at the Temple wanted to kill Jeremiah for blasphemy because he spoke against the Temple. This charge carried the death penalty (Leviticus 24:16). The prophet's opponents argued that the Lord's holy Temple could not be destroyed. The priests and prophets believed the pagan idea that temples were indestructible because gods lived in them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-24The prophecies which gave the offense were those given in detail in the seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters (compare Jr 26:6 here with Jr 7:12, 14); and summarily referred to here [Maurer], probably pronounced at one of the great feasts (that of tabernacles, according to Ussher; for the inhabitants of "all the cities of Judah" are represented as present, Jr 26:2). See on Jr 7:1. 2. in the court--the largest court, from which he could be heard by the whole…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 26:7

• Church
• Indictments
• Minister, Christian
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings