Jeremiah 26:17

17 Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, {saying},

Jeremiah 26:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 26:17

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land
The same with the princes; some of the court, who rose up as advocates for the prophet: and spake to all the assembly of the people:
to justify the vote of the court, and to confirm the people in a good opinion of it, by giving them examples and instances of the like kind: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 26:17 In-Context

15 Only you must certainly know that if you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves innocent blood, and on this city and on its inhabitants, for {truly} Yahweh sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."

16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "{This man does not deserve} a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us."

17 Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, {saying},

18 "Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, {saying}: 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Zion will be plowed, and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the {temple} as high places of wood." '

19 [Did] Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and all Judah actually put him to death? [Was he] not in fear of Yahweh? And he entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster that he had spoken against them. But we [are] about to do great disaster to ourselves."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to say"