Jer 26
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In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came
this word from YHWH, saying,
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Thus says YHWH: Stand in the court of YHWH`s house, and speak to all the cities of
Judah, which come to worship in YHWH`s house, all the words that I command you to
speak to them; diminish not a word.
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It may 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 to them because of the evil of their doings.
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And you shall say to them, Thus says YHWH: If you will not hearken to me, to walk
in my law, which I have set before you,
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to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you, even rising
up early and sending them, but you have not hearkened;
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then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the
nations of the earth.
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And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these
words in the house of YHWH.
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And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that YHWH had commanded
him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people
laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.
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Why have you prophesied in the name of YHWH, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh,
and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered
to Jeremiah in the house of YHWH.
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And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king`s house
to the house of YHWH; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of YHWH`s [house].
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Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying,
This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have
heard with your ears.
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Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, YHWH sent me
to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
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Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of YHWH your God;
and YHWH will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
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But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your
eyes.
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Only know you for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood
upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon its inhabitants; for of a truth
YHWH has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
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Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This
man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of YHWH our God.
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Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the
people, saying,
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Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke
to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says YHWH of hosts: Zion shall be plowed
as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the
high places of a forest.
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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear YHWH, and
entreat the favor of YHWH, and YHWH repented him of the evil which he had pronounced
against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
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And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of YHWH, Uriah the son of Shemaiah
of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according
to all the words of Jeremiah:
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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 Uriah heard it, he was afraid,
and fled, and went into Egypt:
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and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor,
and certain men with him, into Egypt;
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and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king,
who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common
people.
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But 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.