WHY HAST THOU PROPHESIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

JEREMIAH 26:2-11


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:
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.

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,
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;
THEN WILL I MAKE
THIS HOUSE LIKE SHILOH,
AND
WILL MAKE THIS CITY
A CURSE TO ALL
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.

SO THE
PRIESTS AND
THE PROPHETS AND ALL
THE PEOPLE HEARD
JEREMIAH SPEAKING
THESE WORDS IN
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

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.

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.

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. 
 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. 



LOVE





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