In the beginning{H7225} of the reign{H4468} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} came this word{H1697} from Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Stand{H5975} in the court{H2691} of Jehovah's{H3068} house,{H1004} and speak{H1696} unto all the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} which come{H935} to worship{H7812} in Jehovah's{H3068} house,{H1004} all the words{H1697} that I command{H6680} thee to speak{H1696} unto them; diminish{H1639} not a word.{H1697}

It may be they will hearken,{H8085} and turn{H7725} every man{H376} from his evil{H7451} way;{H1870} that I may repent{H5162} me of the evil{H7451} which I purpose{H2803} to do{H6213} unto them because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of their doings.{H4611}

And thou shalt say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} If ye will not hearken{H8085} to me, to walk{H3212} in my law,{H8451} which I have set{H5414} before{H6440} you,

to hearken{H8085} to the words{H1697} of my servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} whom I send{H7971} unto you, even rising up early{H7925} and sending{H7971} them, but ye have not hearkened;{H8085}

then will I make{H5414} this house{H1004} like Shiloh,{H7887} and will make{H5414} this city{H5892} a curse{H7045} to all the nations{H1471} of the earth.{H776}

And the priests{H3548} and the prophets{H5030} and all the people{H5971} heard{H8085} Jeremiah{H3414} speaking{H1696} these words{H1697} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah{H3414} had made an end{H3615} of speaking{H1696} all that Jehovah{H3068} had commanded{H6680} him to speak{H1696} unto all the people,{H5971} that the priests{H3548} and the prophets{H5030} and all the people{H5971} laid hold{H8610} on him, saying,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H4191} die.{H4191}

Why hast thou prophesied{H5012} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} This house{H1004} shall be like Shiloh,{H7887} and this city{H5892} shall be desolate,{H2717} without inhabitant?{H3427} And all the people{H5971} were gathered{H6950} unto Jeremiah{H3414} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And when the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063} heard{H8085} these things,{H1697} they came up{H5927} from the king's{H4428} house{H1004} unto the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} and they sat{H3427} in the entry{H6607} of the new{H2319} gate{H8179} of Jehovah's{H3068} [house].

Then spake{H559} the priests{H3548} and the prophets{H5030} unto the princes{H8269} and to all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} This man{H376} is worthy{H4941} of death;{H4194} for he hath prophesied{H5012} against this city,{H5892} as ye have heard{H8085} with your ears.{H241}

Then spake{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto all the princes{H8269} and to all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} me to prophesy{H5012} against this house{H1004} and against this city{H5892} all the words{H1697} that ye have heard.{H8085}

Now therefore amend{H3190} your ways{H1870} and your doings,{H4611} and obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} and Jehovah{H3068} will repent{H5162} him of the evil{H7451} that he hath pronounced{H1696} against you.

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand:{H3027} do{H6213} with me as is{H5869} good{H2896} and right{H3477} in your eyes.

Only know{H3045} ye for certain{H3045} that, if ye put me to death,{H4191} ye will bring{H5414} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} upon yourselves, and upon this city,{H5892} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} thereof; for of a truth{H571} Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} me unto you to speak{H1696} all these words{H1697} in your ears.{H241}

Then said{H559} the princes{H8269} and all the people{H5971} unto the priests{H3548} and to the prophets:{H5030} This man{H376} is not worthy{H4941} of death;{H4194} for he hath spoken{H1696} to us in the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}

Then rose up{H6965} certain{H582} of the elders{H2205} of the land,{H776} and spake{H559} to all the assembly{H6951} of the people,{H5971} saying,{H559}

Micah{H4320} the Morashtite{H4183} prophesied{H5012} in the days{H3117} of Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah;{H3063} and he spake{H559} to all the people{H5971} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} Zion{H6726} shall be plowed{H2790} as a field,{H7704} and Jerusalem{H3389} shall become heaps,{H5856} and the mountain{H2022} of the house{H1004} as the high places{H1116} of a forest.{H3293}

Did Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and all{H4191} Judah{H3063} put him to death?{H4191} did he not fear{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and entreat{H2470} the favor of Jehovah,{H3068} and Jehovah{H3068} repented{H5162} him of the evil{H7451} which he had pronounced{H1696} against them? Thus{H587} should we commit{H6213} great{H1419} evil{H7451} against our own souls.{H5315}

And there was also a man{H376} that prophesied{H5012} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} Uriah{H223} the son{H1121} of Shemaiah{H8098} of Kiriath-jearim;{H7157} and he prophesied{H5012} against this city{H5892} and against this land{H776} according to all the words{H1697} of Jeremiah:{H3414}

and when Jehoiakim{H3079} the king,{H4428} with all his mighty-men,{H1368} and all the princes,{H8269} heard{H8085} his words,{H1697} the king{H4428} sought{H1245} to put him to death;{H4191} but when Uriah{H223} heard{H8085} it, he was afraid,{H3372} and fled,{H1272} and went{H935} into Egypt:{H4714}

and Jehoiakim{H3079} the king{H4428} sent{H7971} men{H582} into Egypt,{H4714} [namely], Elnathan{H494} the son{H1121} of Achbor,{H5907} and certain men{H582} with him, into Egypt;{H4714}

and they fetched forth{H3318} Uriah{H223} out of Egypt,{H4714} and brought{H935} him unto Jehoiakim{H3079} the king,{H4428} who slew{H5221} him with the sword,{H2719} and cast{H7993} his dead body{H5038} into the graves{H6913} of the common{H1121} people.{H5971}

But the hand{H3027} of Ahikam{H296} the son{H1121} of Shaphan{H8227} was with Jeremiah,{H3414} that they should not give{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the people{H5971} to put him to death.{H4191}