1 ¶ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, See also: 2 Chronicles 36:4-5 Jeremiah 27:1 2 Kings 23:34-36 Jeremiah 1:3 Jeremiah 25:1
2 Thus 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: See also: Deuteronomy 4:2 Matthew 28:20 Acts 20:27 Jeremiah 1:17 Jeremiah 19:14
3 If 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. See also: Jeremiah 36:3 Isaiah 1:16-19 Jeremiah 18:7-10 Jeremiah 36:7 Ezekiel 18:27-30
4 And 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, See also: 1 Kings 9:6 Isaiah 1:20 Jeremiah 44:10 Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 4:8
5 To 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; See also: Jeremiah 11:7 2 Kings 9:7 Ezra 9:11 Jeremiah 7:13 Jeremiah 7:25
6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. See also: 2 Kings 22:19 Jeremiah 24:9 Isaiah 65:15 Jeremiah 25:18 1 Samuel 4:10-12
7 ¶ So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 5:31 Micah 3:11 Jeremiah 23:11-15 Ezekiel 22:25-26 Zephaniah 3:4
8 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. See also: Lamentations 4:13-14 2 Chronicles 36:16 Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 11:19-21 Jeremiah 12:5-6
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. See also: 2 Chronicles 25:16 Isaiah 29:21 Isaiah 30:9-11 Jeremiah 9:11 Amos 5:10
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. See also: Jeremiah 36:10 2 Kings 15:35 Jeremiah 26:16-17 Jeremiah 26:24 Jeremiah 34:19
11 Then 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. See also: Jeremiah 38:4 Deuteronomy 18:20 Matthew 26:66 Acts 6:11-14 Jeremiah 18:23
12 Then 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. See also: Jeremiah 26:15 Acts 4:19 Acts 5:29 Jeremiah 1:17-18 Jeremiah 26:2
13 Therefore 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. See also: Isaiah 1:19 Jonah 3:9 Jonah 4:2 Isaiah 55:7 Jeremiah 7:3-7
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. See also: Joshua 9:25 2 Samuel 15:26 Jeremiah 38:5 Daniel 3:16
15 But 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. See also: Numbers 35:33 Proverbs 6:17 Jeremiah 7:6 Jeremiah 22:3 Matthew 26:25
16 ¶ Then 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. See also: Acts 5:34-39 Acts 23:9 Acts 23:29 Acts 25:25 Jeremiah 36:19
17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, See also: Acts 5:34 Micah 1:1
18 Micah 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. See also: Nehemiah 4:2 Micah 1:1 Zechariah 8:3 Jeremiah 17:3 Micah 3:12
19 Did 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. See also: Exodus 32:14 2 Samuel 24:16 2 Chronicles 29:6-11 Isaiah 37:15-20 Numbers 35:33-34
20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: See also: 1 Samuel 7:2 Joshua 9:17 Joshua 15:60 Joshua 18:14 1 Samuel 6:21
21 And 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; See also: Matthew 10:23 2 Chronicles 16:10 Jeremiah 36:26 Matthew 14:5 1 Kings 19:1-3
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. See also: 2 Kings 22:12 2 Kings 22:14 Jeremiah 36:12 Psalms 12:8 Proverbs 29:12
23 And 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. See also: Jeremiah 2:30 Revelation 11:7 Jeremiah 22:19 Jeremiah 26:15 Jeremiah 36:30
24 Nevertheless 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. See also: 1 Kings 18:4 2 Kings 22:12-14 Jeremiah 1:18-19 Jeremiah 39:14 Jeremiah 40:5-7