²Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord; speak to them all the words that I command you; do not hold back a word.^* ³It may be that they will listen and will turn from their evil way, that I may change my mind about the disaster that I intend to bring on them because of their evil doings.^* ⁴You shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you^* ⁵and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently—though you have not heeded^*—⁶then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.^*

⁷The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. ⁸And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!^*

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Cross references

*Deut 4:2; Jer 1:17; 19:14; Lk 19:47, 48; Acts 20:20, 27
*Jer 18:8; 36:3–7
*Lev 26:14; Deut 28:15; Jer 17:27; 32:23; 44:10, 23
*2 Kings 9:7; Jer 25:3, 4
*1 Sam 4:10, 11; Isa 65:15; Jer 24:9
*Jer 11:19; 18:23; 20:1, 2