Jeremías 26:1-7

1 Jeremías escapa de la muerte
Jeremías recibió el siguiente mensaje del Señor
a principios del reinado de Joacim, hijo de Josías,
rey de Judá.

2 «Esto dice el Señor
: “Ponte de pie en el atrio que está delante del templo del Señor
y haz un anuncio a la gente que ha venido de toda Judá a adorar. Dales mi mensaje completo sin que falte una sola palabra.

3 Quizá te escuchen y se aparten de sus malos caminos. Entonces cambiaré de parecer acerca del desastre que estoy por derramar sobre ellos a causa de sus pecados”.

4 »Diles: “Esto dice el Señor
: ‘Si ustedes no me escuchan ni obedecen la palabra que les he dado

5 ni tampoco escuchan a mis siervos, los profetas —porque los envié una y otra vez para advertirles, pero ustedes rehusaron escucharlos—,

6 entonces destruiré este templo así como destruí a Silo, el lugar donde estaba el tabernáculo. Y haré que Jerusalén se convierta en objeto de maldición en cada nación de la tierra’”».

7 Los sacerdotes, los profetas y todo el pueblo escucharon a Jeremías mientras hablaba frente al templo del Señor
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Jeremías 26:1-7 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.