Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be (A)desolate, without an inhabitant’?” And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house. 11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and all the people, saying, [a]“This man deserves to (B)die! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:11 Lit. A judgment of death to this man

Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”(A) And all the people crowded(B) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 When the officials(C) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate(D) of the Lord’s house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death(E) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”(F)

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