Jeremiah 26:8

6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

7 Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

9 How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
KJV
Now 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.
WEB
When Jeremiah had 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, “You shall surely die!
ASV
And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
DARBY
And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.
BLB
And it came to pass, as Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that YHWH had commanded [him] to speak to all the people, the priests, and the prophets, that all the people captured him, saying, “You must surely die!
ÅB
Og da Jeremias var ferdig med å tale alt det Herren hadde befalt ham å tale til hele folket, da grep de ham, prestene og profetene og hele folket, og sa: Du skal dø.
OTB
Da Jeremias hadde fullført å levere alle de ordene Herren hadde befalt ham å tale til hele folket, grep prestene, profetene og hele folket ham og sa: "Du må dø!
B1930
Og da Jeremias var ferdig med å tale alt det Herren hadde befalt ham å tale til hele folket, da grep de ham, prestene og profetene og hele folket, og sa: Du skal dø.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Lamentations 4:13–14

    But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

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  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

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  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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  • Acts 5:33

    When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

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  • Matthew 22:6

    The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

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  • Jeremiah 20:1–2

    When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

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  • Matthew 21:35–39

    But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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  • Jeremiah 2:30

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

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