Jeremiah 26:7

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

In Context

6Then will I render this house like Shiloh, and this city will I render a curse unto all the nations of the earth.

8And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?

Ezekiel 22:25The banded troop of her prophets in the midst of her is like a roaring lion that teareth in pieces the prey: souls do they devour; wealth and precious things do they take away; the number of her widows do they increase in the midst of her.

Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are thoughtless men of treachery: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:2-7

Jeremiah's Solemn Address. ( b. c. 608.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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