Jeremiah 26

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1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, saying,15 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 36:4–5, Jeremiah 27:1, Jeremiah 36:1, 2 Kings 23:34–36, Jeremiah 35:1
2Thus 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:45 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:2, Acts 20:27, Matthew 28:20, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 19:14
3If 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 because of the evil of their doings.18 cross-references: Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 18:7–10, Isaiah 1:16–19, Jeremiah 36:7, Ezekiel 18:27–30
4And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,21 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:6, Jeremiah 44:10, Isaiah 1:20, Deuteronomy 32:15–25, Deuteronomy 4:8
5To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;30 cross-references: Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 25:3–4, 2 Kings 9:7, Jeremiah 7:25, Jeremiah 7:13
6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.48 cross-references: Jeremiah 24:9, 2 Kings 22:19, Jeremiah 25:18, Isaiah 65:15, Jeremiah 7:12–14
7So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.10 cross-references: Micah 3:11, Jeremiah 5:31, Acts 5:17, Ezekiel 22:25–26, Acts 4:1–6
8Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.34 cross-references: Lamentations 4:13–14, Jeremiah 2:30, Matthew 26:59–66, Matthew 23:31–35, 2 Chronicles 36:16
9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.32 cross-references: Acts 13:50, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Acts 19:24–32, Acts 16:19–22, John 8:20
10When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house.17 cross-references: Jeremiah 36:10, Jeremiah 26:16–17, Jeremiah 37:14–16, Ezekiel 22:6, Jeremiah 36:25
11Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.23 cross-references: Jeremiah 38:4, Deuteronomy 18:20, Matthew 26:66, Acts 6:11–14, Jeremiah 18:23
12Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 26:15, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29, Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 1:17–18
13Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.31 cross-references: Jonah 4:2, Jonah 3:9, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 7:3–7, Jeremiah 35:15
14As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.9 cross-references: Joshua 9:25, Jeremiah 38:5, 2 Samuel 15:26, Daniel 3:16
15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.38 cross-references: Numbers 35:33, Proverbs 6:17, Matthew 26:25, Jeremiah 7:6, Revelation 16:6
16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.26 cross-references: Acts 5:34–39, Acts 23:29, Acts 23:9, Acts 25:25, Jeremiah 36:25
17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,3 cross-references: Acts 5:34, Micah 1:1
18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.36 cross-references: Nehemiah 4:2, Micah 1:1, Zechariah 8:3, Micah 3:12 – Micah 4:1, Jeremiah 17:3
19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.40 cross-references: Exodus 32:14, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Chronicles 29:6–11, Isaiah 37:15–20, Acts 5:39
20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:18 cross-references: 1 Samuel 7:2, Joshua 9:17, 1 Samuel 6:21, Joshua 18:14, Joshua 15:60
21And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;20 cross-references: Matthew 10:23, Jeremiah 36:26, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Matthew 14:5, Mark 6:19
22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 36:12, 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:14, Proverbs 29:12, Psalms 12:8
23And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.19 cross-references: Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 26:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Matthew 23:34–35, Acts 12:1–3
24Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.27 cross-references: 1 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 22:12–14, Jeremiah 40:5–7, Jeremiah 1:18–19, Jeremiah 39:14

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People in Jeremiah 26

God, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Urijah, Hezekiah, Josiah, Micah, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Achbor, Ahikam, Shaphan

Places in Jeremiah 26

Egypt, Shiloh, New Gate, Zion, Jerusalem, Moresheth, Kiriath-jearim