24_JER_26_01 in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
24_JER_26_02 thus saith the LORD; stand in the court of the LORD's house, And speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not A word:
24_JER_26_03 if So 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 unto them because of the evil of their doings.
24_JER_26_04 And thou shalt say unto them, thus saith the LORD; if ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
24_JER_26_05 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, Both rising up early, And sending [ them], but ye have not hearkened;
24_JER_26_06 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, And will make this city A curse to all the nations of the earth.
24_JER_26_07 So the priests And the prophets And all the people heard Jeremiah speaking These words in the house of the LORD.
24_JER_26_08 now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded [ him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests And the prophets And all the people took him, saying, thou shalt surely die.
24_JER_26_09 why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, this house shall be like Shiloh, And this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
24_JER_26_10 when the princes of Judah heard These things, Then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, And sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's [ house].
24_JER_26_11 Then spake the priests And the prophets unto the princes And to all the people, saying, this man [ Is] worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
24_JER_26_12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes And to all the people, saying, the LORD sent me to prophesy against this house And against this city all the words that ye have heard.
24_JER_26_13 therefore now amend your ways And your doings, And obey the voice of the LORD your God; And the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
24_JER_26_14 as for me, behold, I [ am] in your hand: do with me as seemeth good And meet unto you.
24_JER_26_15 but know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, And upon this city, And upon the inhabitants thereof: for of A truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all These words in your ears.
24_JER_26_16 Then said the princes And all the people unto the priests And to the prophets; this man [ Is] not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
24_JER_26_17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, And spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
24_JER_26_18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, And spake to all the people of Judah, saying, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [ like] A field, And Jerusalem shall become heaps, And the mountain of the house as the high places of A forest.
24_JER_26_19 did Hezekiah king of Judah And all Judah put him at all to death? did he not Fear the LORD, And besought the LORD, And the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
24_JER_26_20 And there was also A man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city And against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
24_JER_26_21 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 Urijah heard it, he was afraid, And fled, And went into Egypt;
24_JER_26_22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [ namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, And [ certain] men with him into Egypt.
24_JER_26_23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, And brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, And cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
24_JER_26_24 Nevertheless 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.