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Jeremiah

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1 In the be­gin­ning of the reign of Je­hoiakim the son of Josi­ah king of Ju­dah came this word from the LORD, say­ing, 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Ju­dah, which come to wor­ship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I com­mand thee to speak unto them; di­min­ish not a word: 3 If so be they will hear­ken, and turn ev­ery man from his evil way, that I may re­pent me of the evil, which I pur­pose to do unto them be­cause of the evil of their do­ings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hear­ken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set be­fore you, 5 To hear­ken to the words of my ser­vants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both ris­ing up ear­ly, and send­ing them, but ye have not hear­kened; 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the na­tions of the earth. 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the peo­ple heard Jeremi­ah speak­ing these words in the house of the LORD. 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremi­ah had made an end of speak­ing all that the LORD had com­mand­ed him to speak unto all the peo­ple, that the priests and the prophets and all the peo­ple took him, say­ing, Thou shalt sure­ly die. 9 Why hast thou proph­e­sied in the name of the LORD, say­ing, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be des­o­late with­out an in­hab­i­tant? And all the peo­ple were gath­ered against Jeremi­ah in the house of the LORD. 10 When the princes of Ju­dah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the en­try of the new gate of the LORD'S house. 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the peo­ple, say­ing, This man is wor­thy to die; for he hath proph­e­sied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. 12 Then spake Jeremi­ah unto all the princes and to all the peo­ple, say­ing, The LORD sent me to proph­esy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 13 There­fore now amend your ways and your do­ings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will re­pent him of the evil that he hath pro­nounced against you. 14 As for me, be­hold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. 15 But know ye for cer­tain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall sure­ly bring in­no­cent blood upon your­selves, and upon this city, and upon the in­hab­i­tants there­of: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. 16 Then said the princes and all the peo­ple unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not wor­thy to die: for he hath spo­ken to us in the name of the LORD our God. 17 Then rose up cer­tain of the el­ders of the land, and spake to all the as­sem­bly of the peo­ple, say­ing, 18 Mic­ah the Morasthite proph­e­sied in the days of Hezeki­ah king of Ju­dah, and spake to all the peo­ple of Ju­dah, say­ing, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall be­come heaps, and the moun­tain of the house as the high places of a for­est. 19 Did Hezeki­ah king of Ju­dah and all Ju­dah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and be­sought the LORD, and the LORD re­pent­ed him of the evil which he had pro­nounced against them? Thus might we pro­cure great evil against our souls. 20 And there was also a man that proph­e­sied in the name of the LORD, Uri­jah the son of She­ma­iah of Kir­jath­jearim, who proph­e­sied against this city and against this land ac­cord­ing to all the words of Jeremi­ah: 21 And 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 Uri­jah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; 22 And Je­hoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, El­nathan the son of Ach­bor, and certain men with him into Egypt. 23 And they fetched forth Uri­jah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Je­hoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the com­mon peo­ple. 24 Nev­er­the­less the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremi­ah, that they should not give him into the hand of the peo­ple to put him to death.