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1. This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, 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. "This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.
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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. Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins.
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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. "Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,
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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. and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets-- for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would 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. then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'"
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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 listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of 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. But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. "Kill him!" they shouted.
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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. "What right do you have to prophesy in the LORD's name that this Temple will be destroyed like Shiloh? What do you mean, saying that Jerusalem will be destroyed and left with no inhabitants?" And all the people threatened him as he stood in front of the Temple.
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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. When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.
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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. The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. "This man should die!" they said. "You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city."
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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 the officials and the people in his own defense. "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this Temple and this city," he said. "The LORD gave me every word that I have spoken.
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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. But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the LORD your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.
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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 hands-- do with me as you think best.
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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, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the LORD sent me to speak every word you have heard."
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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 officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, "This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of 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 wise old men stood and spoke to all the people assembled there.
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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, "Remember when Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He told the people of Judah, 'This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands.'
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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. But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm."
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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. At this time Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim was also prophesying for the LORD. And he predicted the same terrible disaster against the city and nation as 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. When King Jehoiakim and the army officers and officials heard what he was saying, the king sent someone to kill him. But Uriah heard about the plan and escaped in fear to 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. Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt along with several other men to capture Uriah.
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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 took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.
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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. Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.
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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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