²“Thus says the Lord, ‘^aStand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have ^bcome to worship in the Lord’s house ^call the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. ^dDo not omit a word!

³‘^aPerhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that ^bI may repent of the calamity which I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.’

⁴“And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “^aIf you will not listen to Me, to ^bwalk in My law which I have set before you,

⁵to listen to the words of ^aMy servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you ¹again and again, but you have not listened;

⁶then I will make this house like ^aShiloh, and this city I will make a ^bcurse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”

A Plot to Murder Jeremiah

⁷The ^apriests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

⁸When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “^aYou must die!

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Footnotes

1Lit rising early and sending

Cross references

a 2 Chr 24:20, 21; Jer 7:2; 19:14
b Deut 12:5
c Jer 1:17; 42:4; Matt 28:20; Acts 20:20, 27
d Deut 4:2
a Is 1:16–19; Jer 36:3–7
b Jer 18:8; Jon 3:8
a Lev 26:14; 1 Kin 9:6; Is 1:20; Jer 17:27; 22:5
b Jer 32:23; 44:10, 23
a 2 Kin 9:7; Ezra 9:11; Jer 7:13; 25:3, 4
a Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 4:12; Ps 78:60, 61; Jer 7:12, 14
b 2 Kin 22:19; Is 65:15; Jer 24:9; 25:18
a Jer 5:31; Mic 3:11
a Jer 11:19; 18:23; Lam 4:13, 14; Matt 21:35, 36; 23:34, 35; 27:20