Jer 26 | ABEn | STEP | In the beginning of the reign of king Jehoiakim son of Josiah came this word from the lord .

Jeremiah 26

CHAPTER 26 Jeremiah Speaks in the Courtyard

1 In the beginning of the reign of king Jehoiakim son of Josiah came this word from the lord. 2 Thus said the lord, Stand in the courtyard of the house of the lord! and you shall execute an order to all Judah, to the ones coming to do obeisance in the house of the lord, all the words which I ordered to you to execute to them; you should not remove a thing. 3 Perhaps they shall hear, and shall be turned each from [³way ¹his ²evil], and I will cease from the bad things which I devise to do to them because of [²evil ³practices ¹their]. 4 And you shall say, Thus said the lord, If you should not hearken to me to go by my laws which I put before your face, 5 to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I sent to you at dawn, (for I sent, and you hearkened not to me;) 6 then I will appoint this house as Shiloh, and this city I will appoint for a curse to all the nations of the earth. 7 And they heard (the priests, and the false prophets, and all the people) Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the lord.

Jeremiah Seized

8 And it came to pass of Jeremiah ceasing speaking all which the lord ordered to him to say to all the people, that they seized him -- the priests, and the false prophets, and all the people, saying, To death he shall die, 9 for you prophesied in the name of the lord, saying, [³as ⁴Shiloh ²will be ¹This house], and this city shall be made desolate of ones dwelling it. And [⁴held an assembly ¹all ²the ³people] against Jeremiah in the house of the lord. 10 And [⁴heard ¹the ²rulers ³of Judah] these words, and they ascended from the house of the king unto the house of the lord; and they sat in the thresholds [³gate ⁴of the lord ¹of the ²new]. 11 And [⁶said ¹the ²priests ³and ⁴the ⁵false prophets] to the rulers, and to all the people, The judgment of death belongs to this man, for he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your ears. 12 And Jeremiah said to all the rulers, and to all the people, saying, The lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words which you heard. 13 And now, [³better ¹you make ²your ways], and your works, and hearken to the voice of the lord your God! and the lord will cease from the evils which he spoke against you. 14 And behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is advantageous to you, and as best for you! 15 But only in knowing know! that if you do away with me, [⁴blood ³innocent ¹you ²have imputed] against you, and against this city, and against the ones dwelling in it. For in truth [²has sent ³me ¹the lord] to you to speak into your ears all these words. 16 And [⁷said ¹the ²rulers ³and ⁴all ⁵the ⁶people] to the priests and to the false prophets; There is not due to this man a judgment of death, for upon the name of the lord our God he spoke to us. 17 And there rose up men of the elders of the land, and they said to all the gathering of people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus said the lord of the forces; Zion [²as ³a field ¹shall be plowed], and Jerusalem [²for ³a storehouse of fruits ¹will be], and the mountain of the house shall be turned into a sacred grove. 19 Did, by doing away, [⁷do away with ⁸him ¹Hezekiah ²king ³of Judah ⁴and ⁵all ⁶Judah]? Was it not they feared the lord, and they beseeched in front of the lord, and the lord ceased from the evils which he spoke against them? And we did [²evils ¹great] against our souls. 20 And there was another man prophesying in the name of the lord, Urijah son of Shemaiah from Kirjath-jearim; and he prophesied concerning this city, and concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. 21 And [⁷heard ¹king ²Jehoiakim ³and ⁴all ⁵the ⁶rulers] all his words, and sought to kill him. And Urijah heard and feared and fled and entered into Egypt. 22 And [³sent ¹the ²king] men into Egypt, Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him into Egypt. 23 And they led him from there, and brought him to the king; and he struck him by the sword, and tossed him into the tomb of the sons of his people. 24 Only the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so as to not deliver him into the hands of the people so as to not do away with him.