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    Jeremiah 26

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    Two prophets said the same thing, and one was spared while the other was hunted into Egypt and put to the sword. The difference is left standing in the doorway, like a question no official has thought to answer.

    Jeremiah speaks, and the house eruptsvv. 1–16

    At the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign, Jeremiah is sent to the courtyard of the house of the LORD with a sermon that must not lose even one word. The warning is severe: if Judah will not listen, the house will become like Shiloh and the city an object of cursing. The priests, prophets, and people respond with admirable speed and rather less patience, seizing Jeremiah and crying, “You must surely die!” The officials arrive from the palace and sit at the entrance of the New Gate, where the matter is argued. Jeremiah offers no escape plan: he is in their hands, but killing him would bring innocent blood upon them. The officials and people then decide that he is not worthy of death because he has spoken in the name of the LORD.

    The elders produce a precedent, then the king produces a corpsevv. 17–24

    The elders recall Micah, who prophesied against Jerusalem in Hezekiah’s days. Hezekiah did not kill him; instead, he feared the LORD and sought His favor, and the disaster was relented. It is a persuasive little history lesson, concluded with the uneasy remark, “But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!” Then the story supplies a second example, with the opposite ending. Uriah, from Kiriath-jearim, prophesies the same things as Jeremiah. Jehoiakim seeks his death, Uriah flees to Egypt, and Elnathan is sent with other men to bring him back. The king has Uriah put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people. Why Jeremiah survives while Uriah does not is not explained; the final sentence simply names Ahikam as the man who stood between Jeremiah and the crowd.

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    1. Jer 26:1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

    2. Jer 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.

    3. Jer 26:3Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

    4. Jer 26:4And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,

    5. Jer 26:5and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

    6. Jer 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

    7. Jer 26:7Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

    8. Jer 26:8and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

    9. Jer 26:9How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

    10. Jer 26:10When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

    11. Jer 26:11Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”

    12. Jer 26:12But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

    13. Jer 26:13So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

    14. Jer 26:14As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

    15. Jer 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

    16. Jer 26:16Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”

    17. Jer 26:17Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

    18. Jer 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

    19. Jer 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

    20. Jer 26:20Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

    21. Jer 26:21King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

    22. Jer 26:22Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

    23. Jer 26:23They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

    24. Jer 26:24Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

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    • 2Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
    • 2Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
    • 2Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
    • 3Jeremiah 36:3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
    • 2Jeremiah 19:14Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
    • 3Isaiah 1:16–19Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
    • 3Jeremiah 18:7–10At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
    • 3Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
    • 5Jeremiah 11:7For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
    • 62 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
    • 6Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
    • 11Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
    • 14Joshua 9:25Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
    • 18Micah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
    • 18Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
    • 18Zechariah 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

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