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Jeremiah’s Escape from Death
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|Jeremias 26:1| This message came to Jeremiah from the lord early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
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|Jeremias 26:2| “This is what the lord says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the lord, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.
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|Jeremias 26:3| Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins.
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|Jeremias 26:4| “Say to them, ‘This is what the lord says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,
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|Jeremias 26:5| and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets—for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would not listen to them—
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|Jeremias 26:6| then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.’”
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|Jeremias 26:7| The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the lord’s Temple.
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|Jeremias 26:8| But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the lord had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.
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|Jeremias 26:9| “What right do you have to prophesy in the lord’s name that this Temple will be destroyed like Shiloh? What do you mean, saying that Jerusalem will be destroyed and left with no inhabitants?” And all the people threatened him as he stood in front of the Temple.
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|Jeremias 26:10| When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.
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