Jeremiah 26

1 ♥ 📝 I n the beginning^H7225 of the reign^H4468 of Jehoiakim^H3079 the son^H1121 of Josiah,^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 came this word^H1697 from Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Stand^H5975 in the court^H2691 of Jehovah's^H3068 house,^H1004 and speak^H1696 unto all the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 which come^H935 to worship^H7812 in Jehovah's^H3068 house,^H1004 all the words^H1697 that I command^H6680 thee to speak^H1696 unto them; diminish^H1639 not a word.^H1697

3 ♥ 📝 It may be they will hearken,^H8085 and turn^H7725 every man^H376 from his evil^H7451 way;^H1870 that I may repent^H5162 me of the evil^H7451 which I purpose^H2803 to do^H6213 unto them because^H6440 of the evil^H7455 of their doings.^H4611

4 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt say^H559 unto them, Thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 If ye will not hearken^H8085 to me, to walk^H3212 in my law,^H8451 which I have set^H5414 before^H6440 you,

5 ♥ 📝 to hearken^H8085 to the words^H1697 of my servants^H5650 the prophets,^H5030 whom I send^H7971 unto you, even rising up early^H7925 and sending^H7971 them, but ye have not hearkened;^H8085

6 ♥ 📝 then will I make^H5414 this house^H1004 like Shiloh,^H7887 and will make^H5414 this city^H5892 a curse^H7045 to all the nations^H1471 of the earth.^H776

7 ♥ 📝 And the priests^H3548 and the prophets^H5030 and all the people^H5971 heard^H8085 Jeremiah^H3414 speaking^H1696 these words^H1697 in the house^H1004 of Jehovah.^H3068

8 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when Jeremiah^H3414 had made an end^H3615 of speaking^H1696 all that Jehovah^H3068 had commanded^H6680 him to speak^H1696 unto all the people,^H5971 that the priests^H3548 and the prophets^H5030 and all the people^H5971 laid hold^H8610 on him, saying,^H559 Thou shalt surely^H4191 die.^H4191

9 ♥ 📝 Why hast thou prophesied^H5012 in the name^H8034 of Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 This house^H1004 shall be like Shiloh,^H7887 and this city^H5892 shall be desolate,^H2717 without inhabitant?^H3427 And all the people^H5971 were gathered^H6950 unto Jeremiah^H3414 in the house^H1004 of Jehovah.^H3068

10 ♥ 📝 And when the princes^H8269 of Judah^H3063 heard^H8085 these things,^H1697 they came up^H5927 from the king's^H4428 house^H1004 unto the house^H1004 of Jehovah;^H3068 and they sat^H3427 in the entry^H6607 of the new^H2319 gate^H8179 of Jehovah's^H3068 [house].

11 ♥ 📝 Then spake^H559 the priests^H3548 and the prophets^H5030 unto the princes^H8269 and to all the people,^H5971 saying,^H559 This man^H376 is worthy^H4941 of death;^H4194 for he hath prophesied^H5012 against this city,^H5892 as ye have heard^H8085 with your ears.^H241

12 ♥ 📝 Then spake^H559 Jeremiah^H3414 unto all the princes^H8269 and to all the people,^H5971 saying,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 sent^H7971 me to prophesy^H5012 against this house^H1004 and against this city^H5892 all the words^H1697 that ye have heard.^H8085

13 ♥ 📝 Now therefore amend^H3190 your ways^H1870 and your doings,^H4611 and obey^H8085 the voice^H6963 of Jehovah^H3068 your God;^H430 and Jehovah^H3068 will repent^H5162 him of the evil^H7451 that he hath pronounced^H1696 against you.

14 ♥ 📝 But as for me, behold, I am in your hand:^H3027 do^H6213 with me as is^H5869 good^H2896 and right^H3477 in your eyes.

15 ♥ 📝 Only know^H3045 ye for certain^H3045 that, if ye put me to death,^H4191 ye will bring^H5414 innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 upon yourselves, and upon this city,^H5892 and upon the inhabitants^H3427 thereof; for of a truth^H571 Jehovah^H3068 hath sent^H7971 me unto you to speak^H1696 all these words^H1697 in your ears.^H241

16 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 the princes^H8269 and all the people^H5971 unto the priests^H3548 and to the prophets:^H5030 This man^H376 is not worthy^H4941 of death;^H4194 for he hath spoken^H1696 to us in the name^H8034 of Jehovah^H3068 our God.^H430

17 ♥ 📝 Then rose up^H6965 certain^H582 of the elders^H2205 of the land,^H776 and spake^H559 to all the assembly^H6951 of the people,^H5971 saying,^H559

18 ♥ 📝 Micah^H4320 the Morashtite^H4183 prophesied^H5012 in the days^H3117 of Hezekiah^H2396 king^H4428 of Judah;^H3063 and he spake^H559 to all the people^H5971 of Judah,^H3063 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 Zion^H6726 shall be plowed^H2790 as a field,^H7704 and Jerusalem^H3389 shall become heaps,^H5856 and the mountain^H2022 of the house^H1004 as the high places^H1116 of a forest.^H3293

19 ♥ 📝 Did Hezekiah^H2396 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 and all^H4191 Judah^H3063 put him to death?^H4191 did he not fear^H3373 Jehovah,^H3068 and entreat^H2470 the favor of Jehovah,^H3068 and Jehovah^H3068 repented^H5162 him of the evil^H7451 which he had pronounced^H1696 against them? Thus^H587 should we commit^H6213 great^H1419 evil^H7451 against our own souls.^H5315

20 ♥ 📝 And there was also a man^H376 that prophesied^H5012 in the name^H8034 of Jehovah,^H3068 Uriah^H223 the son^H1121 of Shemaiah^H8098 of Kiriath-jearim;^H7157 and he prophesied^H5012 against this city^H5892 and against this land^H776 according to all the words^H1697 of Jeremiah:^H3414

21 ♥ 📝 and when Jehoiakim^H3079 the king,^H4428 with all his mighty-men,^H1368 and all the princes,^H8269 heard^H8085 his words,^H1697 the king^H4428 sought^H1245 to put him to death;^H4191 but when Uriah^H223 heard^H8085 it, he was afraid,^H3372 and fled,^H1272 and went^H935 into Egypt:^H4714

22 ♥ 📝 and Jehoiakim^H3079 the king^H4428 sent^H7971 men^H582 into Egypt,^H4714 [namely], Elnathan^H494 the son^H1121 of Achbor,^H5907 and certain men^H582 with him, into Egypt;^H4714

23 ♥ 📝 and they fetched forth^H3318 Uriah^H223 out of Egypt,^H4714 and brought^H935 him unto Jehoiakim^H3079 the king,^H4428 who slew^H5221 him with the sword,^H2719 and cast^H7993 his dead body^H5038 into the graves^H6913 of the common^H1121 people.^H5971

24 ♥ 📝 But the hand^H3027 of Ahikam^H296 the son^H1121 of Shaphan^H8227 was with Jeremiah,^H3414 that they should not give^H5414 him into the hand^H3027 of the people^H5971 to put him to death.^H4191