Jeremiah 26
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16–19 The officials and all the people then decided Jeremiah should not be put to death (verse 16). The people were fickle: first they had opposed Jeremiah (verse 8); now they were supporting him.
Some elders, men respected for their age and wisdom, quoted from the prophet Micah, who had prophesied a century earlier during the reign of Hezekiah (verses 17–18). He too (together with Isaiah) had prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed if the people did not repent of their sins (Micah 3:8–12); as a result, Hezekiah repented and Jerusalem was saved (2 Kings 19:32–36). If Micah had been heeded, should not Jeremiah be heeded? If Micah had been proved correct, might not Jeremiah be proved correct also?86
20–23 The point of these verses is to show how an ungodly king (Jehoiakim) treated the Lord’s prophets, in contrast to the way a godly king (Hezekiah) treated them.
24 Ahikam was a respected leader who supported Jeremiah. With the wiser and older citizens taking Jeremiah’s side, his enemies could not prevail and Jeremiah was set free.
Let us, too, avoid being swayed back and forth like the common people in Jeremiah’s day (Ephesians 4:14); rather, let us search diligently for the truth and ask God for the wisdom to act on it rightly (James 1:5–8).