Jeremiah 26 Free Bible Version
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1 This message came from the Lord at the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah king of Judah,
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh:
2 This is what the Lord says: Go and stand in the Temple courtyard and deliver the whole message I have ordered you to give to everyone who comes from all the towns of Judah to worship there. Don't leave out a single word.
2 “Yahweh says: ‘Stand in the court of Yahweh’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in Yahweh’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don’t omit a word.
3 Maybe they will listen, and each of them will give up their evil ways so that I won't have to carry out the disaster I'm planning to bring down on them because of the evil things they do.
3 It may be they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.’”
4 Tell them that this is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have given you,
4 You shall tell them, “Yahweh says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
5 and if you don't listen to the messages of my servants the prophets—I've sent them to you time and again, but you refused to listen—
5 to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—
6 then I will destroy this Temple like I did Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse word used by everyone on earth.
6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”
7 The priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah deliver this message in the Lord's Temple.
7 The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in Yahweh’s house.
8 As soon as he had finished telling everyone all that the Lord had ordered him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people grabbed him, shouting, “You'll die for this!
8 When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!
9 How dare you claim to speak in the Lord's name here in the Temple and declare that it will be destroyed like Shiloh, and that this city will be left empty and abandoned?” Everyone crowded around Jeremiah threatening him in the Lord's Temple.
9 Why have you prophesied in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant’?” All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in Yahweh’s house.
10 When the leaders of Judah heard what happened they came from the king's palace to the Lord's Temple and sat at the entrance of the New Gate of the Temple to judge the case.
10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to Yahweh’s house; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house.
11 The priests and prophets complained to the leaders and all the people, “This man deserves the death penalty because he has committed treason by prophesying against this city. You heard it yourselves!”
11 Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
12 Jeremiah addressed all the leaders and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to deliver every word of this prophecy against this Temple as you've heard.
12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
13 So change your ways and do what's right, and do what Lord your God tells you, so that he won't have to carry out the disaster he has announced he will bring down on you.
13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey Yahweh your God’s voice; then Yahweh will relent from the evil that he has pronounced against you.
14 As far as I'm concerned, I'm in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.
14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
15 But be careful, because you need to be aware that if you kill me, you will make yourselves, this city, and everyone who lives here guilty of murder, because it's true that the Lord sent me to tell you everything he said.”
15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for in truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
16 Then the leaders and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn't deserve the death penalty because he was speaking on behalf of the Lord our God.”
16 Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”
17 Some of the country's elders stood up and addressed everyone gathered there.
17 Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah that this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Zion will become like a plowed field; Jerusalem will end up a pile of rubble; and the Temple mount will be overgrown with trees.’
18 “Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “‘Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.’
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in the country have him killed? Didn't Hezekiah respect the Lord and plead with him? Didn't the Lord change his mind about the disaster he had announced against them? But we are about to bring a great disaster on ourselves!”
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? We would commit great evil against our own souls that way!”
20 At around that time there was another man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against Jerusalem and against the country just as Jeremiah did.
20 There was also a man who prophesied in Yahweh’s name, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 King Jehoiakim and all his military officers and officials heard what he was saying, and the king wanted to have him executed. But when Uriah found out about it, he was frightened and ran away to Egypt.
21 When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
22 But King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan, son of Achbor, along with some others.
22 Then Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 They brought Uriah back from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. The king killed him with a sword and had his body thrown into the public graveyard.
23 They fetched Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
24 However, Ahikam, son of Shaphan, took Jeremiah's side so he was not handed over to the people to be killed.
24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Achbor
Named as the father of Elnathan, an official under Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12
Elnathan
Son of Achbor whom Jehoiakim sent to Egypt to bring Uriah back, and who was among the officials who heard the scroll.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25
Micah
The prophet from Moresheth to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1
Shemaiah
Named as the father of the prophet Uriah of Kiriath-jearim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:20
Uriah
A prophet from Kiriath-jearim who prophesied as Jeremiah did, fled to Egypt, was brought back and put to the sword by Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:20; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 26:23
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 36:4–5; Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 35:1; 2 Kings 23:34–36; Jeremiah 36:1
- 2 Deuteronomy 4:2; Acts 20:27; Matthew 28:20; Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 19:14
- 3 Jeremiah 36:3; Jeremiah 18:7–10; Jonah 4:2; Isaiah 1:16–19; Jonah 3:8–10
- 4 1 Kings 9:6; Isaiah 1:20; Jeremiah 44:10; Deuteronomy 4:8; 2 Chronicles 7:19–20
- 5 Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 7:13; 2 Kings 9:7; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:3–4
- 6 Jeremiah 24:9; 2 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 25:18; Daniel 9:11
- 7 Jeremiah 5:31; Micah 3:11; Matthew 21:15; Acts 5:17; Acts 4:1–6
- 8 Lamentations 4:13–14; Jeremiah 18:18; Acts 7:52; Acts 5:33; Matthew 22:6
- 9 Acts 4:17–19; Matthew 27:20; Matthew 21:23; Acts 21:30; Isaiah 29:21
- 10 Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 36:12–19; Ezekiel 22:6; Jeremiah 26:24; 2 Kings 15:35
- 11 Jeremiah 38:4; Matthew 26:66; Deuteronomy 18:20; Acts 6:11–14; Acts 25:2–13
- 12 Acts 5:29; Acts 4:19; Jeremiah 26:15; Jeremiah 1:17–18; Jeremiah 26:2
- 13 Jonah 4:2; Jonah 3:9; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 26:3; Isaiah 55:7
- 14 Joshua 9:25; 2 Samuel 15:26; Jeremiah 38:5; Daniel 3:16
- 15 Numbers 35:33; Proverbs 6:17; Matthew 26:25; Jeremiah 7:6; Acts 7:60
- 16 Acts 23:29; Acts 25:25; Acts 5:34–39; Acts 23:9; Jeremiah 36:19
- 17 Acts 5:34; Micah 1:1
- 18 Zechariah 8:3; Micah 1:1; Nehemiah 4:2; Jeremiah 17:3; Micah 3:12–4:1
- 19 2 Samuel 24:16; Exodus 32:14; 2 Chronicles 29:6–11; Isaiah 37:15–20; Isaiah 37:1
- 20 1 Samuel 7:2; Joshua 9:17; Joshua 15:60; 1 Samuel 6:21; Joshua 18:14
- 21 Matthew 10:23; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 36:26; Matthew 14:5; Proverbs 29:25
- 22 Jeremiah 36:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 22:12; Proverbs 29:12; Psalm 12:8
- 23 Jeremiah 2:30; Revelation 11:7; Jeremiah 36:30; Acts 12:1–3; Matthew 14:10
- 24 Jeremiah 1:18–19; Jeremiah 40:5–7; Jeremiah 39:14; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 22:12–14
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