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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 26 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Jeremiah 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/25.htm" title="Jeremiah 25">◄</a> Jeremiah 26 <a href="../jeremiah/27.htm" title="Jeremiah 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/jeremiah/26.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jeremiah Threatened with Death</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: Stand in the court of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil deeds. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not listened, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> 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! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Why have you prophesied in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”</p> <p class="heading">Jeremiah Spared from Death</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“‘Zion shall be plowed as a field;</span><br /><span class="indent">Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’</span></p> <p class="same-paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and entreat the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and did not the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>There was another man who prophesied in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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