Jeremiah 26:7

And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, hear Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah,

Young's Literal Translation

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 I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.'

8And it cometh to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah's speaking all that Jehovah hath commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, Thou dost surely die,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?

Ezekiel 22:25A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

Acts 4:1And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees —

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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