Jeremiah 26:8-19

Jeremiah 26:8-19

[8] Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah  had made an end  of speaking  all that the LORD  had commanded  him to speak  unto all the people,  that the priests  and the prophets  and all the people  took  him, saying,  Thou shalt surely  [9] Why hast thou prophesied  in the name  of the LORD,  saying,  This house  shall be like Shiloh,  and this city  shall be desolate  without an inhabitant?  And all the people  were gathered  against Jeremiah  in the house  of the LORD.  [10] When the princes  of Judah  heard  these things,  then they came up  from the king's  house  of the LORD,  and sat down  in the entry  of the new  gate  of the LORD'S  house. [11] Then spake  the priests  and the prophets  unto the princes  and to all the people,  saying,  This man  is worthy  to die;  for he hath prophesied  against this city,  as ye have heard  with your ears.  [12] Then spake  Jeremiah  unto all the princes  and to all the people,  saying,  The LORD  sent  me to prophesy  against this house  and against this city  all the words  that ye have heard.  [13] Therefore now amend  your ways  and your doings,  and obey  the voice  of the LORD  your God;  and the LORD  will repent  him of the evil  that he hath pronounced  [14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand:  do  with me as seemeth  good  and meet  unto you. [15] But know  that if ye put me to death,  ye shall surely bring  innocent  blood  upon yourselves, and upon this city,  and upon the inhabitants  thereof: for of a truth  the LORD  hath sent  me unto you to speak  all these words  in your ears.  [16] Then said  the princes  and all the people  unto the priests  and to the prophets;  This man  is not worthy  to die:  for he hath spoken  to us in the name  our God.  [17] Then rose up  certain  of the elders  of the land,  and spake  to all the assembly  of the people,  saying,  [18] Micah  the Morasthite  prophesied  in the days  of Hezekiah  king  of Judah,  and spake  to all the people  of Judah,  saying,  the LORD  of hosts;  Zion  shall be plowed  like a field,  and Jerusalem  shall become heaps,  and the mountain  of the house  as the high places  of a forest.  [19] Did Hezekiah  king  of Judah  put him at all  did he not fear  the LORD,  and besought  the LORD,  repented  him of the evil  which he had pronounced  against them? Thus  might we procure  great  evil  against our souls.