1 In the beginning 7225 of the reign 4468 of Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977 king 4428 of Judah 3063 came this word 1697 from the LORD 3068, saying 559,
2 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; Stand 5975 in the court 2691 of the LORD'S 3068 house 1004, and speak 1696 unto all the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, which come 935 to worship 7812 in the LORD'S 3068 house 1004, all the words 1697 that I command 6680 thee to speak 1696 unto them; diminish 1639 not a word 1697:
3 If so be they will hearken 8085, and turn 7725 every man 376 from his evil 7451 way 1870, that I may repent 5162 me of the evil 7451, which I purpose 2803 to do 6213 unto them because 6440 of the evil 7455 of their doings 4611.
4 And thou shalt say 559 unto them, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; If ye will not hearken 8085 to me, to walk 3212 in my law 8451, which I have set 5414 before 6440 you,
5 To hearken 8085 to the words 1697 of my servants 5650 the prophets 5030, whom I sent 7971 unto you, both rising up early 7925, and sending 7971 them, but ye have not hearkened 8085;
6 Then will I make 5414 this house 1004 like Shiloh 7887, and will make 5414 this city 5892 a curse 7045 to all the nations 1471 of the earth 776.
7 So the priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 and all the people 5971 heard 8085 Jeremiah 3414 speaking 1696 these words 1697 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah 3414 had made an end 3615 of speaking 1696 all that the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 him to speak 1696 unto all the people 5971, that the priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 and all the people 5971 took 8610 him, saying 559, Thou shalt surely 4191 die 4191.
9 Why hast thou prophesied 5012 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, saying 559, This house 1004 shall be like Shiloh 7887, and this city 5892 shall be desolate 2717 without an inhabitant 3427? And all the people 5971 were gathered 6950 against Jeremiah 3414 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
10 When the princes 8269 of Judah 3063 heard 8085 these things 1697, then they came up 5927 from the king's 4428 house 1004 unto the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and sat down 3427 in the entry 6607 of the new 2319 gate 8179 of the LORD'S 3068 house.
11 Then spake 559 the priests 3548 and the prophets 5030 unto the princes 8269 and to all the people 5971, saying 559, This man 376 is worthy 4941 to die 4194; for he hath prophesied 5012 against this city 5892, as ye have heard 8085 with your ears 241.
12 Then spake 559 Jeremiah 3414 unto all the princes 8269 and to all the people 5971, saying 559, The LORD 3068 sent 7971 me to prophesy 5012 against this house 1004 and against this city 5892 all the words 1697 that ye have heard 8085.
13 Therefore now amend 3190 your ways 1870 and your doings 4611, and obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 your God 430; and the LORD 3068 will repent 5162 him of the evil 7451 that he hath pronounced 1696 against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand 3027: do 6213 with me as seemeth 5869 good 2896 and meet 3477 unto you.
15 But know 3045 ye for certain 3045, that if ye put me to death 4191, ye shall surely bring 5414 innocent 5355 blood 1818 upon yourselves, and upon this city 5892, and upon the inhabitants 3427 thereof: for of a truth 571 the LORD 3068 hath sent 7971 me unto you to speak 1696 all these words 1697 in your ears 241.
16 Then said 559 the princes 8269 and all the people 5971 unto the priests 3548 and to the prophets 5030; This man 376 is not worthy 4941 to die 4194: for he hath spoken 1696 to us in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 our God 430.
17 Then rose up 6965 certain 582 of the elders 2205 of the land 776, and spake 559 to all the assembly 6951 of the people 5971, saying 559,
18 Micah 4320 the Morasthite 4183 prophesied 5012 in the days 3117 of Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063, and spake 559 to all the people 5971 of Judah 3063, saying 559, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; Zion 6726 shall be plowed 2790 like a field 7704, and Jerusalem 3389 shall become heaps 5856, and the mountain 2022 of the house 1004 as the high places 1116 of a forest 3293.
19 Did Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063 and all Judah 3063 put him at all 4191 to death 4191? did he not fear 3373 the LORD 3068, and besought 2470 the LORD 3068 6440, and the LORD 3068 repented 5162 him of the evil 7451 which he had pronounced 1696 against them? Thus 587 might we procure 6213 great 1419 evil 7451 against our souls 5315.
20 And there was also a man 376 that prophesied 5012 in the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, Urijah 223 the son 1121 of Shemaiah 8098 of Kirjathjearim 7157, who prophesied 5012 against this city 5892 and against this land 776 according to all the words 1697 of Jeremiah 3414:
21 And when Jehoiakim 3079 the king 4428, with all his mighty men 1368, and all the princes 8269, heard 8085 his words 1697, the king 4428 sought 1245 to put him to death 4191: but when Urijah 223 heard 8085 it, he was afraid 3372, and fled 1272, and went 935 into Egypt 4714;
22 And Jehoiakim 3079 the king 4428 sent 7971 men 582 into Egypt 4714, namely, Elnathan 494 the son 1121 of Achbor 5907, and certain men 582 with him into Egypt 4714.
23 And they fetched forth 3318 Urijah 223 out of Egypt 4714, and brought 935 him unto Jehoiakim 3079 the king 4428; who slew 5221 him with the sword 2719, and cast 7993 his dead body 5038 into the graves 6913 of the common 1121 people 5971.
24 Nevertheless the hand 3027 of Ahikam 296 the son 1121 of Shaphan 8227 was with Jeremiah 3414, that they should not give 5414 him into the hand 3027 of the people 5971 to put him to death 4191.