26:1 IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF KING
JOAKIM SON OF JOSIAS THERE CAME THIS WORD FROM THE Yehovah.
26:2 Thus said Yehovah; Stand in the court of Yehovah's house, and thou
shalt declare to all the Jews, and to all that come to worship in the house
of Yehovah, all the words which I commanded thee to speak to them; abate
not one word.
26:3 Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then
I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their
evil practices.
26:4 And thou shalt say, Thus said Yehovah; If ye will not hearken to me,
to walk in my statutes which I set before you,
26:5 to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you
early in the morning; yea, I sent them, but ye hearkened not to me;
26:6 then will I make this house as Selo, and I will make [this] city a
curse to all the nations of all the earth.
26:7 And the priests, and the false prophets, and all the people heard
Jeremias speaking these words in the house of Yehovah.
26:8 And it came to pass, when Jeremias had ceased speaking all that the
Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the
false prophets and all the people took him, saying,
26:9 Thou shalt surely die, because thou hast prophesied in the name of the
Lord, saying, This house shall be as Selo, and this city shall be made quite
destitute of inhabitants. And all the people assembled against Jeremias in
the house of Yehovah.
26:10 And the princes of Judah heard this word, and they went up out of the
house of the king to the house of Yehovah, and sat in the entrance of the
new gate.
26:11 Then the priests and the false prophets said to the princes and to all
the people, The judgment of death [is due] to this man; because he has
prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
26:12 Then Jeremias spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying, The
Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city, all the
words which ye have heard.
26:13 And now amend your ways and your works, and hearken to the voice of
Yehovah; and Yehovah shall cease from the evils which he has pronounced
against you.
26:14 And behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is expedient, and as it is
best for you.
26:15 But know for a certainty, that if ye slay me, ye bring innocent blood
upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon them that dwell in it; for in
truth Yehovah has sent me to you to speak in your ears all these words.
26:16 Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the
false prophets; Judgment of death is not [due] to this man; for he has
spoken to us in the name of Yehovah our Elohim.
26:17 And there rose up men of the elders of the land, and said to all the
assembly of the people,
26:18 Michaea the Morathite lived in the days of Ezekias king of Judah, and
said to all the people of Judah, Thus saith Yehovah; Zion shall be ploughed
as a field, and Jerusalem shall become a desolation, and the mountain of the
house shall be a thicket of trees.
26:19 Did Ezekias and all Judah in any way slay him? Was it not that they
feared Yehovah, and they made supplication before Yehovah, and Yehovah
ceased from the evils which he [had] pronounced against them? whereas we
have wrought great evil against our own souls.
26:20 And there was [another] man prophesying in the name of Yehovah, Urias
the son of Samaeas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land
according to all the words of Jeremias.
26:21 And king Joakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to
slay him; and Urias heard [it] and went into Egypt.
26:22 And the king sent men into Egypt;
26:23 and they brought him thence, and brought him into the king; and he
smote him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulchre of the children of
his people.
26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Achicam son of Saphan was with Jeremias, to
prevent his being delivered into the hands of the people, or being killed. |
26:1 In the beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from Yehovah,
saying,
26:2 Thus saith Yehovah; Stand in the court of Yehovah's house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yehovah's house, all
the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
26:3 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.
26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Yehovah; If ye will not
hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
26:5 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;
26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a
curse to all the nations of the earth.
26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah
speaking these words in the house of Yehovah.
26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that
Yehovah 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.
26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Yehovah, 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 Yehovah.
26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from
the king's house unto the house of Yehovah, and sat down in the entry of
the new gate of Yehovah's house.
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.
26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,
saying, Yehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this
city all the words that ye have heard.
26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of
Yehovah your Elohim; and Yehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath
pronounced against you.
26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and
meet unto you.
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 Yehovah hath sent me unto you to speak
all these words in your ears.
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 Yehovah our Elohim.
26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the
assembly of the people, saying,
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 Yehovah 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.
26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did
he not fear Yehovah, and besought Yehovah, and Yehovah repented him of
the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great
evil against our souls.
26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Yehovah,
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this
city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
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;
26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son
of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
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.
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. |