Jeremiah 26:8
6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
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.
9 Why 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.
10 When 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.
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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
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
Read in contextJeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Read in contextActs 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Read in contextActs 5:33
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Read in contextMatthew 22:6
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:1–2
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Read in contextMatthew 21:35–39
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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