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1. This message came from the Lord during the first year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah.
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1. In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 came H1961 this H2088 word H1697 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. The Lord said, "Jeremiah, stand in the Temple yard of the Lord. Give this message to all the people of Judah who are coming to worship at the Temple of the Lord. Tell them everything that I tell you to speak. Don't leave out any part of my message.
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Stand H5975 in the court H2691 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , and speak H1696 unto H5921 all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , which come H935 to worship H7812 in the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 I command H6680 thee to speak H1696 unto H413 them; diminish H1639 not H408 a word H1697 :
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3. Maybe they will listen and obey my message. Maybe they will stop living such evil lives. If they change, I will change my mind about my plans to punish them. I am planning this punishment because of the many evil things they have done.
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3. If so be H194 they will hearken H8085 , and turn H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , that I may repent H5162 me of H413 the evil H7451 , which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their doings H4611 .
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4. You will say to them, 'This is what the Lord says: I gave my teachings to you. You must obey me and follow my teachings.
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4. And thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 ye will not H3808 hearken H8085 to H413 me , to walk H1980 in my law H8451 , which H834 I have set H5414 before H6440 you,
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5. You must listen to what my servants say to you. (The prophets are my servants.) I have sent prophets to you again and again, but you did not listen to them.
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5. To hearken H8085 to H5921 the words H1697 of my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , whom H834 I H595 sent H7971 unto H413 you , both rising up early H7925 , and sending H7971 them , but ye have not H3808 hearkened H8085 ;
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6. If you don't obey me, I will make my Temple in Jerusalem just like my Holy Tent at Shiloh. People all over the world will think of Jerusalem when they ask for bad things to happen to other cities.'"
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6. Then will I make H5414 H853 this H2088 house H1004 like Shiloh H7887 , and will make H5414 this H2063 city H5892 a curse H7045 to all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 .
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7. The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say all these words at the Lord's Temple.
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7. So the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 H853 Jeremiah H3414 speaking H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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8. Jeremiah finished speaking everything the Lord had commanded him to say to the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people grabbed Jeremiah. They said, "You will die for saying such terrible things!
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8. Now it came to pass H1961 , when Jeremiah H3414 had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 H853 all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 him to speak H1696 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , that the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 took H8610 him, saying H559 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 .
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9. How dare you say such a thing in the name of the Lord! How dare you say that this Temple will be destroyed like the one at Shiloh! How dare you say that Jerusalem will become a desert with no one living in it!" All the people gathered around Jeremiah in the Temple of the Lord.
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9. Why H4069 hast thou prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , This H2088 house H1004 shall be H1961 like Shiloh H7887 , and this H2063 city H5892 shall be desolate H2717 without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 ? And all H3605 the people H5971 were gathered H6950 against H413 Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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10. Now the rulers of Judah heard about everything that was happening. So they came out of the king's palace. They went up to the Lord's Temple. There, they took their places at the entrance of the New Gate. The New Gate is a gate leading to the Lord's Temple.
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10. When the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 heard H8085 H853 these H428 things H1697 , then they came up H5927 from the king H4428 's house H4480 H1004 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and sat down H3427 in the entry H6607 of the new H2319 gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house .
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11. Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the rulers and all the other people. They said, "Jeremiah should be killed. He said bad things about Jerusalem. You heard him say those things."
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11. Then spoke H559 the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 unto H413 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , This H2088 man H376 is worthy H4941 to die H4194 ; for H3588 he hath prophesied H5012 against H413 this H2063 city H5892 , as H834 ye have heard H8085 with your ears H241 .
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12. Then Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers of Judah and all the other people. He said, "The Lord sent me to say these things about this Temple and this city. Everything that you have heard is from the Lord.
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12. Then spoke H559 Jeremiah H3414 unto H413 all H3605 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 sent H7971 me to prophesy H5012 against H413 this H2088 house H1004 and against H413 this H2063 city H5892 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 ye have heard H8085 .
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13. You people change your lives! You must start doing good! You must obey the Lord your God. If you do that, he will change his mind. He will not do the bad things he told you about.
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13. Therefore now H6258 amend H3190 your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 , and obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 ; and the LORD H3068 will repent H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 that H834 he hath pronounced H1696 against H5921 you.
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14. As for me, I am in your power. Do to me what you think is good and right.
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14. As for me H589 , behold H2009 , I am in your hand H3027 : do H6213 with me as seemeth H5869 good H2896 and meet H3477 unto you.
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15. But if you kill me, be sure of one thing. You will be guilty of killing an innocent person. You will make this city and everyone living in it guilty too. The Lord really did send me to you. The message you heard really is from the Lord."
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15. But H389 know ye for certain H3045 H3045 , that H3588 if H518 ye H859 put me to death H4191 H853 , ye H859 shall surely H3588 bring H5414 innocent H5355 blood H1818 upon H5921 yourselves , and upon H413 this H2063 city H5892 , and upon H413 the inhabitants H3427 thereof: for H3588 of a truth H571 the LORD H3068 hath sent H7971 me unto H5921 you to speak H1696 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in your ears H241 .
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16. Then the rulers and all the people spoke. They said to the priests and the prophets, "Jeremiah must not be killed. What he told us comes from the Lord our God."
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16. Then said H559 the princes H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 unto H413 the priests H3548 and to H413 the prophets H5030 ; This H2088 man H376 is not H369 worthy H4941 to die H4194 : for H3588 he hath spoken H1696 to H413 us in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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17. Then some of the elders stood up and spoke to all the people.
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17. Then rose up H6965 certain H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of the land H776 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 , saying H559 ,
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18. They said, "Micah the prophet was from the city of Moresheth. He was a prophet during the time that Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said this to all the people of Judah: 'The Lord All-Powerful says: Zion will be destroyed. It will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks. Temple Mount will be an empty hill overgrown with bushes.' Micah 19"King Hezekiah of Judah and the people of Judah did not kill Micah. You know that Hezekiah respected the Lord and wanted to please him. So the Lord changed his mind and didn't do bad things to Judah that he said he would do. If we hurt Jeremiah, we will bring many troubles on ourselves. And those troubles will be our own fault."
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18. Micah H4320 the Morasthite H4183 prophesied H1961 H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Zion H6726 shall be plowed H2790 like a field H7704 , and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps H5856 , and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of a forest H3293 .
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19. Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put him at all to death H4191 H4191 ? did he not H3808 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and besought H2470 H853 H6440 the LORD H3068 , and the LORD H3068 repented H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 which H834 he had pronounced H1696 against H5921 them? Thus might we H587 procure H6213 great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 our souls H5315 .
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20. In the past there was another man who spoke the Lord's message. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from the city of Kiriath Jearim. Uriah said the same things against this city and this land that Jeremiah did.
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20. And there was H1961 also H1571 a man H376 that prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , Urijah H223 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098 of Kirjath H4480 H7157 -jearim , who prophesied H5012 against H5921 this H2063 city H5892 and against H5921 this H2063 land H776 according to all H3605 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 :
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21. King Jehoiakim, his army officers, and the leaders of Judah heard Uriah and became angry. King Jehoiakim wanted to kill Uriah, but Uriah heard about it. Uriah was afraid, so he escaped to the land of Egypt.
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21. And when Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 , with all H3605 his mighty men H1368 , and all H3605 the princes H8269 , heard H8085 H853 his words H1697 , the king H4428 sought H1245 to put him to death H4191 : but when Urijah H223 heard H8085 it , he was afraid H3372 , and fled H1272 , and went into H935 Egypt H4714 ;
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22. But King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor and some other men to Egypt.
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22. And Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 sent H7971 men H376 into Egypt H4714 , namely , H853 Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907 , and certain men H376 with H854 him into H413 Egypt H4714 .
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23. They brought Uriah from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim ordered Uriah to be killed with a sword. Uriah's body was thrown into the burial place where the poor are buried.
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23. And they fetched forth H3318 H853 Urijah H223 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and brought H935 him unto H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 ; who slew H5221 him with the sword H2719 , and cast H7993 H853 his dead body H5038 into H413 the graves H6913 of the common H1121 people H5971 .
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24. There was an important man named Ahikam son of Shaphan who supported Jeremiah. He kept Jeremiah from being killed by the priests and prophets.
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24. Nevertheless H389 the hand H3027 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 was H1961 with H854 Jeremiah H3414 , that they should not H1115 give H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the people H5971 to put him to death H4191 .
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