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Complete Jewish Bible

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Yirmeyahu said to the officials and all the people, " Adonai sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words you have heard.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Defense;   Government;   Indictments;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Prophets;   Wicked (People);   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courts;   The Topic Concordance - Obedience;   Sending and Those Sent;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mission;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'ruch;   Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, "The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then spake Ieremiah vnto all the princes, and to al the people, saying, The Lord hath sent me to prophecie against this house and against this citie all the things that ye haue heard.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.
Hebrew Names Version
Then spoke Yirmeyahu to 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 you have heard.
Darby Translation
And Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Amplified Bible
Then Jeremiah spoke to 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 you have heard.
American Standard Version
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Berean Standard Bible
And Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Contemporary English Version
Then I told the judges and everyone else: The Lord himself sent me to tell you about the terrible things he will do to you, to Jerusalem, and to the temple. But if you change your ways and start obeying the Lord , he will change his mind.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then spoke 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.
King James Version (1611)
Then spake Ieremiah vnto all the Princes, and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophecie against this house, and against this citie, all the wordes that yee haue heard.
English Revised Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Literal Translation
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the Words that you have heard.
New Century Version
Then Jeremiah spoke these words to all the officers of Judah and all the other people: "The Lord sent me to say everything you have heard about this Temple and this city.
New English Translation
Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. "The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.
New King James Version
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying: "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city with all the words that you have heard.
New Living Translation
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.
New Life Bible
Then Jeremiah said to all the leaders and to all the people, "The Lord sent me to speak against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
New Revised Standard
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, "It is the Lord who sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city, all the words that ye have heard.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Jeremias spoke to all the princes, and to all the people, saying: The Lord sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city all the words that you have heard.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jeremiah spoke to 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 you have heard.
Good News Translation
Then I said, "The Lord sent me to proclaim everything that you heard me say against this Temple and against this city.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jeremiah spoke to 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Ieremie vnto the rulers and to all the people, The Lorde hath sent me to preache agaynst this house, and agaynst this citie, all the wordes that ye haue hearde.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jeremye seide to alle the princes, and to al the puple, `and seide, The Lord sente me, that Y schulde prophesie to this hous, and to this citee, alle the wordis whiche ye herden.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;
World English Bible
Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Revised Standard Version
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
Update Bible Version
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jeremiah said to all the rulers and to all the people, The Lord has sent me as his prophet to say against this house and against this town all the words which have come to your ears.
King James Version
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to all the people: The LORDE hath sente me to preach agaynst this house & agaynst this cite all the wordes that ye haue herde.
THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah spoke next, publicly addressing the officials before the crowd: " God sent me to preach against both this Temple and city everything that's been reported to you. So do something about it! Change the way you're living, change your behavior. Listen obediently to the Message of your God . Maybe God will reconsider the disaster he has threatened.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Contextual Overview

7 The cohanim, the prophets and all the people heard Yirmeyahu speaking these words in the house of Adonai . 8 When Yirmeyahu had finished saying everything Adonai had ordered him to say to all the people, the cohanim, prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, "You will die for this! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of Adonai , ‘This house will become like Shiloh,' and, ‘This city will become uninhabited ruins'?" The people all crowded in on Yirmeyahu in Adonai 's house. 10 When the officials of Y'hudah heard about it, they came up from the king's palace to Adonai 's house and sat at the entrance to the New Gate of Adonai 's house. 11 The cohanim and prophets said to the officials and all the people, "This man deserves a death sentence, because he has prophesied against this city; you have heard it with your own ears." 12 Then Yirmeyahu said to the officials and all the people, " Adonai sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words you have heard. 13 Therefore now, improve your ways and your doings; and listen to the voice of Adonai your God; then Adonai will relent from the disaster he has decreed against you. 14 But as for me, here, I am in your hands; do with me whatever seems good and right to you. 15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city and on its inhabitants; because the fact is that Adonai sent me to you to speak all these words, so that you could hear them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 26:15, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 19:1-3, Amos 7:15-17, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:2 - against Acts 6:14 - that 2 Timothy 2:25 - instructing 1 Peter 3:15 - and be

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
By now Avraham was old, advanced in years; and Adonai had blessed Avraham in everything.
Genesis 24:35
Adonai has greatly blessed my master, so that he has grown wealthy. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.
Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, because I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants. I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Avraham your father —
Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and out of fear he said, "She is my sister." He thought, "If I tell them she's my wife, they might kill me in order to take Rivkah. After all, she is a beautiful woman."
Genesis 26:8
But one day, after he had lived there a long time, Avimelekh king of the P'lishtim happened to be looking out of a window when he spotted Yitz'chak caressing Rivkah his wife.
Genesis 26:10
Avimelekh said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"
Genesis 26:11
Then Avimelekh warned all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death."
Genesis 26:29
that you will not harm us, just as we have not caused you offense but have done you nothing but good and sent you on your way in peace. Now you are blessed by Adonai .'"
Genesis 30:30
The few you had before I came have increased substantially; Adonai has blessed you wherever I went. But now, when will I provide for my own household?"
Job 42:12
Adonai blessed Iyov's later situation even more than his earlier one — he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, saying,.... In his own defence; which, as Jerom observes, was with prudence, humility, and constancy:

the Lord sent me to prophesy against this house, and against this city, all the words that ye have heard; he does not deny but that he had prophesied against the city of Jerusalem and against the temple, and that they should both come to ruin, unless the people repented and reformed; but then he urges, that he was sent by the Lord on this errand, and that every word that he had said, and they had heard, he was ordered to say by the Lord; and therefore what was he, that he should withstand God? he surely was not to be blamed for doing what the Lord commanded him to do; besides, all this was threatened only in case they continued obstinate and impenitent; wherefore he renews his exhortations to them in Jeremiah 26:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they would amend their ways God would deliver them from the threatened doom. As for himself he was in their hands, but if they put him to death they would bring the guilt of shedding innocent blood upon themselves and upon the city.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:12. The Lord sent me to prophesy — My commission is from him, and my words are his own. I sought not this painful office. I did not run before I was sent.


 
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