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Jeremiah 26:16

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Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”

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Jeremiah 26:16 in other translations

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 26:16 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 26:16 in context

  1. 14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
  2. 15Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for in truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
  3. 16Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”
  4. 17Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
  5. 18“Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says:
    “ ‘Zion will be plowed as a field,
    and Jerusalem will become heaps,
    and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.’