<vn='1'>In the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of the <sn="4468">reign</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="5975">Stand</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, which <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7812">worship</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="6680">command</s> thee to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; <sn="1639">diminish</s><sn="408">not</s> a <sn="1697">word</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>If so <sn="194">be</s> they will <sn="8085">hearken</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> every <sn="376">man</s> from his <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4480 1870">way</s>, that I may <sn="5162">repent</s> me <sn="413">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="2803">purpose</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> unto them <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="7455">evil</s> of their <sn="4611">doings</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And thou shalt <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="518">If</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">to</s> me, to <sn="1980">walk</s> in my <sn="8451">law</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="5414">set</s><sn="6440">before</s> you, </v>
<vn='5'>To <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of my <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, both rising up <sn="7925">early</s>, and <sn="7971">sending</s> them, but ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>Then will I <sn="5414">make</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s> like <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, and will <sn="5414">make</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> a <sn="7045">curse</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>So the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s> him to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, that the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="5030">prophets</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8610">took</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="4069">Why</s> hast thou <sn="5012">prophesied</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2088">This</s><sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> like <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, and <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall be <sn="2717">desolate</s><sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>? And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="6950">gathered</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>When the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, then they came <sn="5927">up</s> from the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4480 1004">house</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and sat <sn="3427">down</s> in the <sn="6607">entry</s> of the <sn="2319">new</s><sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's house. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="559">spoke</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2088">This</s><sn="376">man</s> is <sn="4941">worthy</s> to <sn="4194">die</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he hath <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="834">as</s> ye have <sn="8085">heard</s> with your <sn="241">ears</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> me to <sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s> and <sn="413">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> ye have <sn="8085">heard</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Therefore <sn="6258">now</s><sn="3190">amend</s> your <sn="1870">ways</s> and your <sn="4611">doings</s>, and <sn="8085">obey</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="5162">repent</s> him <sn="413">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="1696">pronounced</s><sn="5921">against</s> you. </v>
<vn='14'>As for <sn="589">me</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I am in your <sn="3027">hand</s>: <sn="6213">do</s> with me as <sn="5869">seemeth</s><sn="2896">good</s> and <sn="3477">meet</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="389">But</s> know ye for <sn="3045 3045">certain</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="518">if</s><sn="859">ye</s> put me to <sn="4191 *853">death</s>, <sn="859">ye</s> shall <sn="3588">surely</s><sn="5414">bring</s><sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s><sn="5921">upon</s> yourselves, and <sn="413">upon</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> thereof: <sn="3588">for</s> of a <sn="571">truth</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7971">sent</s> me <sn="5921">unto</s> you to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> in your <sn="241">ears</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>; <sn="2088">This</s><sn="376">man</s> is <sn="369">not</s><sn="4941">worthy</s> to <sn="4194">die</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he hath <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">to</s> us in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then rose <sn="6965">up</s><sn="376">certain</s> of the <sn="4480 2205">elders</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">assembly</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4320">Micah</s> the <sn="4183">Morasthite</s><sn="1961 5012">prophesied</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="6726">Zion</s> shall be <sn="2790">plowed</s> like a <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s><sn="5856">heaps</s>, and the <sn="2022">mountain</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> as the high <sn="1116">places</s> of a <sn="3293">forest</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Did <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> put him at all to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>? did he <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="2470 *853 6440">besought</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5162">repented</s> him <sn="413">of</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="1696">pronounced</s><sn="5921">against</s> them? Thus might <sn="587">we</s><sn="6213">procure</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">against</s> our <sn="5315">souls</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="1571">also</s> a <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="5012">prophesied</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="223">Urijah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> of <sn="4480 7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim, who <sn="5012">prophesied</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>And when <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, with <sn="3605">all</s> his mighty <sn="1368">men</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">words</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1245">sought</s> to put him to <sn="4191">death</s>: but when <sn="223">Urijah</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, he was <sn="3372">afraid</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s>, and went <sn="935">into</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s>; </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="376">men</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, namely, <sn="*853"></s><sn="494">Elnathan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5907">Achbor</s>, and certain <sn="376">men</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="413">into</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And they fetched <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="223">Urijah</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>; who <sn="5221">slew</s> him with the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> his dead <sn="5038">body</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="6913">graves</s> of the <sn="1121">common</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="389">Nevertheless</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="296">Ahikam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8227">Shaphan</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, that they should <sn="1115">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> him into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> to put him to <sn="4191">death</s>. </v>