Jeremías 26:19-24

19 »¿Acaso el rey Ezequías y el pueblo lo mataron por lo que dijo? No, se apartaron de sus pecados y adoraron al Señor
. Le suplicaron misericordia. Entonces el Señor
cambió de parecer acerca del terrible desastre que había declarado contra ellos. Así que estamos a punto de perjudicarnos a nosotros mismos».

20 En ese tiempo, Urías hijo de Semaías, de Quiriat-jearim, también profetizaba en nombre del Señor
; y predijo el mismo terrible desastre contra la ciudad y la nación igual que Jeremías.

21 Cuando el rey Joacim junto con los oficiales militares y los demás funcionarios escucharon lo que dijo, el rey envió a alguien para matarlo. Sin embargo, Urías se enteró del plan y escapó a Egipto atemorizado.

22 Entonces el rey Joacim envió a Elnatan, hijo de Acbor, a Egipto junto con algunos otros hombres para que capturaran a Urías.

23 Lo tomaron prisionero y lo trajeron de regreso al rey Joacim. Así que el rey mató a Urías a espada y mandó que lo enterraran en una fosa común.

24 No obstante, Ahicam, hijo de Safán, respaldó a Jeremías y persuadió al tribunal de no entregarlo a la multitud para que lo matara.

Jeremías 26:19-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 26

This chapter gives an account of Jeremiah's preaching; of his being apprehended by the people; of his defence of himself, and acquittance upon it. The time when, place where, and persons to whom the prophet delivered his discourse, are pointed at in Jer 26:1,2; the substance of it was, that if the people of the Jews would repent of their sins and turn from them, the Lord would avert the evil he had threatened them with; but if not, he would make their temple like Shiloh, and their city a curse to all the earth, Jer 26:3-6; upon hearing which the people seized him, and vowed he should die, because he had prophesied of the destruction of their city and temple, Jer 26:7-9; which the princes hearing of, came from the king's house to one of the gates of the temple, and sat as a court of judicature; to whom the priests and prophets accused Jeremiah of the above things as worthy of death, Jer 26:10,11; and before whom the prophet made his defence, alleging his mission and orders from the Lord; and therefore, instead of recanting, repeats his exhortation; and as for himself, he was not careful what they did to him; but advises them not to shed innocent blood, since it would bring evil upon them, Jer 26:12-15; upon which the princes acquit him, and declare him innocent, Jer 26:16; and this is confirmed by a like instance of Micah the prophet, in the times of Hezekiah, who prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem, and yet was not put to death, Jer 26:17-19; and by a contrary instance of Uriah, in the then present reign of Jehoiakim, who had been put to death for the like, but wrongly, Jer 26:20-23; and, in the issue, Jeremiah, through the good office of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, particularly, was saved from being put to death, Jer 26:24.