Jeremias 33:19

19 Did Ezekias and all Juda in any way slay him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord ceased from the evils which he pronounced against them? whereas we have wrought great evil against our own souls.

Jeremias 33:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:19

And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah
For the further explanation and confirmation of what is before said; and which came at the same time as the other; this being not a new prophecy, but an illustration of the former: saying;
as follows:

Jeremias 33:19 In-Context

17 And there rose up men of the elders of the land, and said to all the assembly of the people,

18 Michaeas the Morathite lived in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and said to all the people of Juda, Thus saith the Lord; Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become a desolation, and the mountain of the house shall be a thicket of trees.

19 Did Ezekias and all Juda in any way slay him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord ceased from the evils which he pronounced against them? whereas we have wrought great evil against our own souls.

20 And there was man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Urias the son of Samaeas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremias.

21 And king Joakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to slay him; and Urias heard and went into Egypt.