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Jeremiah 27:1-11 | Jeremiah_26:1-19 | Habakkuk 1:1-17

1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from יְהוָ֥ה, saying,
2. Thus saith יְהוָ֥ה; Stand in the court of יְהוָ֥ה'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in יְהוָ֥ה'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
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.
4. And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith יְהוָ֥ה; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
5. To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending, but ye have not hearkened;
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 יְהוָ֥ה.
8. Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that יְהוָ֥ה had commanded 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 יְהוָ֥ה, 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 יְהוָ֥ה.
10. When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of יְהוָ֥ה, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of יְהוָ֥ה'S.
11. Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
12. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, יְהוָ֥ה sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
13. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of יְהוָ֥ה your Elohim; and יְהוָ֥ה will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
14. As for me, behold, I in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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 יְהוָ֥ה hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16. Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of יְהוָ֥ה our Elohim.
17. Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith יְהוָ֥ה of hosts; Zion shall be plowed a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
19. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear יְהוָ֥ה, and besought יְהוָ֥ה, and יְהוָ֥ה repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.