ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 26
1. In the beginning[H7225] of the reign[H4468] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], came this word[H1697] from Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559],
2. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Stand[H5975] in the court[H2691] of Jehovah[H3068]'s house[H1004], and speak[H1696] unto all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], which come[H935] to worship[H7812] in Jehovah[H3068]'s house[H1004], all the words[H1697] that I command[H6680] thee to speak[H1696] unto them[H1639]; diminish not a word[H1697].
3. It may be they will hearken[H8085], and turn[H7725] every man[H376] from his evil[H7451] way[H1870]; that I may repent[H5162] me of the evil[H7451] which I purpose[H2803] to do[H6213] unto them because[H6440] of the evil[H7455] of their doings[H4611].
4. And thou shalt say[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068]: If ye will not hearken[H8085] to me[H3212], to walk in my law[H8451], which I have set[H5414] before you[H6440],
5. to hearken[H8085] to the words[H1697] of my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], whom I send[H7971] unto you[H7925], even rising up early and sending[H7971] them[H8085], but ye have not hearkened;
6. then will I make[H5414] this house[H1004] like Shiloh[H7887], and will make[H5414] this city[H5892] a curse[H7045] to all the nations[H1471] of the earth[H776].
7. And the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] and all the people[H5971] heard[H8085] Jeremiah[H3414] speaking[H1696] these words[H1697] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
8. And it came to pass[H3414], when Jeremiah had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] all that Jehovah[H3068] had commanded[H6680] him to speak[H1696] unto all the people[H5971], that the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] and all the people[H5971] laid hold[H8610] on him[H559], saying, Thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191].
9. Why hast thou prophesied[H5012] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], This house[H1004] shall be like Shiloh[H7887], and this city[H5892] shall be desolate[H2717], without inhabitant[H3427]? And all the people[H5971] were gathered[H6950] unto Jeremiah[H3414] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
10. And when the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063] heard[H8085] these things[H1697], they came up[H5927] from the king[H4428]'s house[H1004] unto the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]; and they sat[H3427] in the entry[H6607] of the new[H2319] gate[H8179] of Jehovah[H3068]'s house.
11. Then spake[H559] the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] unto the princes[H8269] and to all the people[H5971], saying[H559], This man[H376] is worthy[H4941] of death[H4194]; for he hath prophesied[H5012] against this city[H5892], as ye have heard[H8085] with your ears[H241].
12. Then spake[H559] Jeremiah[H3414] unto all the princes[H8269] and to all the people[H5971], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] sent[H7971] me to prophesy[H5012] against this house[H1004] and against this city[H5892] all the words[H1697] that ye have heard[H8085].
13. Now therefore amend[H3190] your ways[H1870] and your doings[H4611], and obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430]; and Jehovah[H3068] will repent[H5162] him of the evil[H7451] that he hath pronounced against you[H1696].
14. But as for me[H3027], behold, I am in your hand: do[H6213] with me as is[H5869] good[H2896] and right in your eyes[H3477].
15. Only know[H3045] ye for certain[H3045] that[H4191], if ye put me to death, ye will bring[H5414] innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] upon yourselves[H5892], and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof[H571]; for of a truth Jehovah[H3068] hath sent[H7971] me unto you to speak[H1696] all these words[H1697] in your ears[H241].
16. Then said[H559] the princes[H8269] and all the people[H5971] unto the priests[H3548] and to the prophets[H5030]: This man[H376] is not worthy[H4941] of death[H4194]; for he hath spoken[H1696] to us in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430].
17. Then rose up[H6965] certain[H582] of the elders[H2205] of the land[H776], and spake[H559] to all the assembly[H6951] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
18. 400[H4320] the Morashtite[H4183] prophesied[H5012] in the days[H3117] of Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]; and he spake[H559] to all the people[H5971] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: Zion[H6726] shall be plowed[H2790] as a field[H7704], and Jerusalem[H3389] shall become heaps[H5856], and the mountain[H2022] of the house[H1004] as the high places[H1116] of a forest[H3293].
19. Did Hezekiah[H2396] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and all[H4191] Judah[H3063] put him to death[H4191]? did he not fear[H3373] Jehovah[H3068], and entreat[H2470] the favor of Jehovah[H3068], and Jehovah[H3068] repented[H5162] him of the evil[H7451] which he had pronounced[H1696] against them[H587]? Thus should we commit[H6213] great[H1419] evil[H7451] against our own souls[H5315].
20. And there was also a man[H376] that prophesied[H5012] in the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], Uriah[H223] the son[H1121] of Shemaiah[H8098] of Kiriath-jearim[H7157]; and he prophesied[H5012] against this city[H5892] and against this land[H776] according to all the words[H1697] of Jeremiah[H3414]:
21. and when Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428], with all his mighty-men[H1368], and all the princes[H8269], heard[H8085] his words[H1697], the king[H4428] sought[H1245] to put him to death[H4191]; but when Uriah[H223] heard[H8085] it[H3372], he was afraid, and fled[H1272], and went[H935] into Egypt[H4714]:
22. and Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428] sent[H7971] men[H582] into Egypt[H4714], namely[H494], Elnathan the son[H1121] of Achbor[H5907], and certain men[H582] with him[H4714], into Egypt;
23. and they fetched forth[H3318] Uriah[H223] out of Egypt[H4714], and brought[H935] him unto Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428], who slew[H5221] him with the sword[H2719], and cast[H7993] his dead body[H5038] into the graves[H6913] of the common[H1121] people[H5971].
24. But the hand[H3027] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227] was with Jeremiah[H3414], that they should not give[H5414] him into the hand[H3027] of the people[H5971] to put him to death[H4191].
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