Cities of Judah Warned
2
"Thus says the
LORD, '
Stand in the
court of the
LORD'S house, and
speak to
all the
cities of
Judah who have
come to
worship in the
LORD'S house all the
words that I have
commanded you to
speak to them. Do not
omit a
word !
3
'
Perhaps they will
listen and
everyone will
turn from his
evil way, that I may
repent of the
calamity which I am
planning to
do to them
because * of the
evil of their
deeds.'
4
"And you will
say to them,
'Thus says the
LORD, "
If you will not
listen to Me, to
walk in My
law which I have
set before you,
5
to
listen to the
words of My
servants the
prophets,
whom I have been
sending to you
again and
again, but you have not
listened ;
6
then I will
make this house like
Shiloh, and
this city I will
make a
curse to
all the
nations of the
earth.""'
A Plot to Murder Jeremiah
10
When the
officials of
Judah heard these things, they
came up from the
king's house to the
house of the
LORD and
sat in the
entrance of the
New Gate of the
LORD'S house.
13
"Now therefore
amend your
ways and your
deeds and
obey the
voice of the
LORD your
God ; and the
LORD will
change His
mind about the
misfortune which He has
pronounced against you.
14
"But as for me,
behold, I am in your
hands ;
do with me as is
good and
right in your
sight.
15
"Only know for
certain that
if you
put me to
death, you will
bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on
this city and on its
inhabitants ; for
truly the
LORD has
sent me to you to
speak all these words in your
hearing."
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ryi['h -l,a.w ~,kyel][ ~yin.t{n ~,T;a
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'd -yiK ?
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Jeremiah Is Spared
16
Then the
officials and
all the
people said to the
priests and to the
prophets,
"No death sentence for
this man ! For he has
spoken to us in the
name of the
LORD our
God."
17
Then
some of the
elders of the
land rose up and
spoke to
all the
assembly of the
people,
saying,
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h'd.Wh.y -.k,l,m
.Wh'Yiq.zix .WhUtim/h tem'h,h ?
h'wh.y yen.P -t,a l;x.y;w
h'wh.y -t,a
aer'y a{l]h ? ~,hyel][
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h'['r'h -l,a
h'wh.y ~
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h'['r ~yif{[
.Wn.x;n]a;w
21
When
King Jehoiakim and
all his
mighty men and
all the
officials heard his
words, then the
king sought to
put him to
death ; but
Uriah heard it, and he was
afraid and
fled and
went to
Egypt.
22
Then
King Jehoiakim sent men to
Egypt :
Elnathan the
son of
Achbor and certain
men with him went into
Egypt.
23
And they
brought Uriah from
Egypt and
led him to
King Jehoiakim, who
slew him with a
sword and
cast his
dead body into the
burial place of the
common people.
24
But the
hand of
Ahikam the
son of
Shaphan was with
Jeremiah, so that he was not
given into the
hands of the
people to
put him to
death.