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World English Bible

Jeremiah 26 (WEBP)

[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh:
[2] “Yahweh says: ‘Stand in the court of Yahweh’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in Yahweh’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don’t omit a word.
[3] It may be they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.’”
[4] You shall tell them, “Yahweh says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
[5] to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—
[6] then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”
[7] The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in Yahweh’s house.
[8] When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!
[9] Why have you prophesied in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant’?” All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in Yahweh’s house.
[10] When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to Yahweh’s house; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house.
[11] Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
[12] Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
[13] Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey Yahweh your God’s voice; then Yahweh will relent from the evil that he has pronounced against you.
[14] But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
[15] Only 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.”
[16] 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.”
[17] Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
[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.’
[19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? We would commit great evil against our own souls that way!”
[20] There was also a man who prophesied in Yahweh’s name, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
[21] When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
[22] Then Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
[23] They fetched Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
[24] But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they didn’t give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 26 (KJVS)

[1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, saying,
[2] Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
[3] if so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
[4] And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[5] to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
[6] then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
[7] So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
[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 die.
[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 unto the 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 against you.
[14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
[15] But know ye for certain, 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 of the Lord 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, Thus saith 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 and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
[20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
[21] and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
[22] and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
[23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
[24] Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

Jeremiah 26:10 Or, at the door
Jeremiah 26:11 Heb. The judgment of death is for this man
Jeremiah 26:14 Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes
Jeremiah 26:19 Heb. the face of the LORD
Jeremiah 26:23 Heb. sons of the people

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 26 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐν () ἀρχῇ () βασιλέως () Ιωακιμ υἱοῦ () Ιωσια ἐγενήθη () ὁ () λόγος () οὗτος () παρὰ () κυρίου ()
[2] Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Στῆθι () ἐν () αὐλῇ () οἴκου () κυρίου () καὶ () χρηματιεῖς () ἅπασι () τοῖς () Ιουδαίοις () καὶ () πᾶσι () τοῖς () ἐρχομένοις () προσκυνεῖν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου () ἅπαντας () τοὺς () λόγους, () οὓς () συνέταξά () σοι () αὐτοῖς () χρηματίσαι, () μὴ () ἀφέλῃς () ῥῆμα· ()
[3] ἴσως () ἀκούσονται () καὶ () ἀποστραφήσονται () ἕκαστος () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () πονηρᾶς, () καὶ () παύσομαι () ἀπὸ () τῶν () κακῶν, () ὧν () ἐγὼ () λογίζομαι () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () αὐτοῖς () ἕνεκεν () τῶν () πονηρῶν () ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὐτῶν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἐὰν () μὴ () ἀκούσητέ () μου () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ἐν () τοῖς () νομίμοις μου, () οἷς () ἔδωκα () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () ὑμῶν, ()
[5] εἰσακούειν () τῶν () λόγων () τῶν () παίδων () μου () τῶν () προφητῶν, () οὓς () ἐγὼ () ἀποστέλλω () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () ὄρθρου () καὶ () ἀπέστειλα () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσηκούσατέ () μου, ()
[6] καὶ () δώσω () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦτον () ὥσπερ () Σηλωμ καὶ () τὴν () πόλιν () δώσω () εἰς () κατάραν () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () ψευδοπροφῆται () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () τοῦ () Ιερεμιου () λαλοῦντος () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () Ιερεμιου () παυσαμένου () λαλοῦντος () πάντα, () ἃ () συνέταξεν () αὐτῷ () κύριος () λαλῆσαι () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ, () καὶ () συνελάβοσαν () αὐτὸν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () ψευδοπροφῆται () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () λέγων () Θανάτῳ () ἀποθανῇ, ()
[9] ὅτι () ἐπροφήτευσας () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () λέγων () Ὥσπερ () Σηλωμ ἔσται () ὁ () οἶκος () οὗτος, () καὶ () ἡ () πόλις () αὕτη () ἐρημωθήσεται () ἀπὸ () κατοικούντων· () καὶ () ἐξεκκλησιάσθη πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐπὶ () Ιερεμιαν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () Ιουδα τὸν () λόγον () τοῦτον () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () ἐξ () οἴκου () τοῦ () βασιλέως () εἰς () οἶκον () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐκάθισαν () ἐν () προθύροις πύλης () κυρίου () τῆς () καινῆς. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () ψευδοπροφῆται () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () καὶ () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () Κρίσις () θανάτου () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () τούτῳ, () ὅτι () ἐπροφήτευσεν () κατὰ () τῆς () πόλεως () ταύτης, () καθὼς () ἠκούσατε () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσὶν () ὑμῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιερεμιας () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () καὶ () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () λέγων () Κύριος () ἀπέστειλέν () με () προφητεῦσαι () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦτον () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πόλιν () ταύτην () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους, () οὓς () ἠκούσατε. ()
[13] Καὶ () νῦν () βελτίους () ποιήσατε () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () ὑμῶν () καὶ () τὰ () ἔργα () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἀκούσατε () τῆς () φωνῆς () κυρίου, () καὶ () παύσεται () κύριος () ἀπὸ () τῶν () κακῶν, () ὧν () ἐλάλησεν () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐν () χερσὶν () ὑμῶν· () ποιήσατέ () μοι () ὡς () συμφέρει () καὶ () ὡς () βέλτιον () ὑμῖν. ()
[15] Ἀλλ’ () ἢ () γνόντες () γνώσεσθε () ὅτι, () εἰ () ἀναιρεῖτέ () με, () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () δίδοτε () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πόλιν () ταύτην () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () ἐν () αὐτῇ· () ὅτι () ἐν () ἀληθείᾳ () ἀπέσταλκέν () με () κύριος () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () λαλῆσαι () εἰς () τὰ () ὦτα () ὑμῶν () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους. ()
[16] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ψευδοπροφήτας () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () τούτῳ () κρίσις () θανάτου, () ὅτι () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἐλάλησεν () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () ἄνδρες () τῶν () πρεσβυτέρων () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () εἶπαν () πάσῃ () τῇ () συναγωγῇ () τοῦ () λαοῦ ()
[18] Μιχαιας ὁ () Μωραθίτης ἦν () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () Εζεκιου βασιλέως () Ιουδα καὶ () εἶπεν () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () Ιουδα Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Σιων () ὡς () ἀγρὸς () ἀροτριαθήσεται, () καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () ἄβατον ἔσται () καὶ () τὸ () ὄρος () τοῦ () οἴκου () εἰς () ἄλσος δρυμοῦ.
[19] Μὴ () ἀνελὼν () ἀνεῖλεν () αὐτὸν () Εζεκιας () καὶ () πᾶς () Ιουδα; Οὐχὶ () ὅτι () ἐφοβήθησαν () τὸν () κύριον () καὶ () ὅτι () ἐδεήθησαν () τοῦ () προσώπου () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐπαύσατο () κύριος () ἀπὸ () τῶν () κακῶν, () ὧν () ἐλάλησεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτούς; () Καὶ () ἡμεῖς () ἐποιήσαμεν () κακὰ () μεγάλα () ἐπὶ () ψυχὰς () ἡμῶν. ()—
[20] καὶ () ἄνθρωπος () ἦν () προφητεύων () τῷ () ὀνόματι () κυρίου, () Ουριας () υἱὸς () Σαμαιου ἐκ () Καριαθιαριμ, καὶ () ἐπροφήτευσεν () περὶ () τῆς () γῆς () ταύτης () κατὰ () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () Ιερεμιου. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιωακιμ καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐζήτουν () ἀποκτεῖναι () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Ουριας () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἄνδρας () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, ()
[23] καὶ () ἐξηγάγοσαν () αὐτὸν () ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () εἰσηγάγοσαν () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα, () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () μαχαίρᾳ () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὸ () μνῆμα () υἱῶν () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Πλὴν () χεὶρ () Αχικαμ υἱοῦ () Σαφαν ἦν () μετὰ () Ιερεμιου () τοῦ () μὴ () παραδοῦναι () αὐτὸν () εἰς () χεῖρας () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τοῦ () μὴ () ἀνελεῖν () αὐτόν. ()

Jeremiah 26:1 Originally verse 33:1.
Jeremiah 26:2 Originally verse 33:2.
Jeremiah 26:3 Originally verse 33:3.
Jeremiah 26:4 Originally verse 33:4.
Jeremiah 26:5 Originally verse 33:5.
Jeremiah 26:6 Originally verse 33:6.
Jeremiah 26:7 Originally verse 33:7.
Jeremiah 26:8 Originally verse 33:8.
Jeremiah 26:9 Originally verse 33:9.
Jeremiah 26:10 Originally verse 33:10.
Jeremiah 26:11 Originally verse 33:11.
Jeremiah 26:12 Originally verse 33:12.
Jeremiah 26:13 Originally verse 33:13.
Jeremiah 26:14 Originally verse 33:14.
Jeremiah 26:15 Originally verse 33:15.
Jeremiah 26:16 Originally verse 33:16.
Jeremiah 26:17 Originally verse 33:17.
Jeremiah 26:18 Originally verse 33:18.
Jeremiah 26:19 Originally verse 33:19.
Jeremiah 26:20 Originally verse 33:20.
Jeremiah 26:21 Originally verse 33:21.
Jeremiah 26:22 Originally verse 33:22.
Jeremiah 26:23 Originally verse 33:23.
Jeremiah 26:24 Originally verse 33:24.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.