Jeremiah 26:7

Translations

Modern

Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

Traditional

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Literal

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of YHWH.

Latin

Et audierunt sacerdotes, et prophetæ, et omnis populus, Jeremiam loquentem verba hæc in domo Domini.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

Notes

Jeremiah 26:7–9

The crowd at the Temple wanted to kill Jeremiah for blasphemy because he spoke against the Temple. This charge carried the death penalty (Leviticus 24:16). The prophet's opponents argued that the Lord's holy Temple could not be destroyed. The priests and prophets believed the pagan idea that temples were indestructible because gods lived in them.

Jeremiah 26:1–24

Jeremiah went on trial in front of the priests and prophets. The trial focused on the Temple's holiness because Jeremiah said the Lord would destroy both the Temple and Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah God Protects His Servant God’s Change of Mind Preaching to a Tough Crowd The Righteous Suffer The Suffering Prophet The Written Word

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Jeremiah 23:11–15
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:25–26
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
Acts 5:17
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Acts 4:1–6
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Matthew 21:15
But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

People

Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah, the prophet during Judah's final days

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Jehoiakim Jeremiah (Person) Samuel (Person) Temple

Topics

Christian Minister: Faithful: Jeremiah Church: House of the Lord Indictments: Jeremiah of Treasonable Prophecy, but of Which he Was Acquitted Wicked (People): Warned

Jeremiah 26:7

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