1In the beginning of the reigne of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, came this worde from the Lord, saying,

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2 Chronicles 36:4, 2 Chronicles 36:5, 2 Chronicles 36:4, 2 Chronicles 36:5, Jeremiah 27:1

2Thus saith the Lord, Sande in the court of the Lordes House, and speake vnto all the cities of Iudah, which come to worshippe in the Lords House, all the wordes that I commaund thee to speake vnto them: keepe not a worde backe,

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Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 4:2, Acts 20:27, Matthew 28:20, Acts 20:27

3If so be they will hearken, and turne euery man from his euill way, that I may repent me of the plague, which I haue determined to bring vpon them, because of the wickednesse of their workes.

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Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:10, Isaiah 1:16

4And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,

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1 Kings 9:6, 1 Kings 9:6, Jeremiah 44:10, Isaiah 1:20, Jeremiah 44:10

5And to heare ye wordes of my seruants the Prophets, whome I sent vnto you, both rising vp earely, and sending them, and will not obey them,

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Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 25:4, 2 Kings 9:7

6Then will I make this House like Shiloh, and will make this citie a curse to all the nations of the earth.

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Jeremiah 24:9, 2 Kings 22:19, Jeremiah 24:9, 2 Kings 22:19, Jeremiah 25:18

7So the Priestes, and the Prophets, and all the people heard Ieremiah speaking these wordes in the House of the Lord.

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Micah 3:11, Jeremiah 5:31, Micah 3:11, Jeremiah 5:31, Acts 5:17

8Nowe when Ieremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speake vnto all the people, then the Priestes, and the prophets, and all the people tooke him, and saide, Thou shalt die the death.

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Lamentations 4:13, Lamentations 4:14, Lamentations 4:13, Lamentations 4:14, Jeremiah 2:30

9Why hast thou prophecied in the Name of the Lord, saying, This House shall be like Shiloh, and this citie shalbe desolate without an inhabitant? and all the people were gathered against Ieremiah in the House of the Lord.

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Acts 13:50, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Acts 19:24, Acts 19:32, Acts 16:19

10And when the princes of Iudah heard of these things, they came vp from the Kings house into the House of the Lord, and sate downe in the entrie of the new gate of the Lords House.

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Jeremiah 36:10, Jeremiah 36:10, Jeremiah 26:16, Jeremiah 26:17, Jeremiah 37:14

11Then spake the Priestes, and the prophets vnto the princes, and to all the people, saying, This man is worthie to die: for he hath prophecied against this citie, as ye haue heard with your eares.

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Jeremiah 38:4, Jeremiah 38:4, Deuteronomy 18:20, Matthew 26:66, Deuteronomy 18:20

12Then spake Ieremiah vnto all the princes, and to al the people, saying, The Lord hath sent me to prophecie against this house and against this citie all the things that ye haue heard.

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Jeremiah 26:15, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29, Jeremiah 26:15, Acts 4:19

13Therefore nowe amende your wayes and your workes, and heare the voyce of the Lord your God, that the Lord may repent him of the plague, that he hath pronounced against you.

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Jonah 4:2, Jonah 3:9, Isaiah 1:19, Jonah 4:2, Jonah 3:9

14As for me, beholde, I am in your hands: do with me as ye thinke good and right.

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Joshua 9:25, Joshua 9:25, Jeremiah 38:5, Jeremiah 38:5, 2 Samuel 15:26

15But knowe ye for certaine, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood vpon your selues, and vpon this citie, and vpon the inhabitants thereof: for of a trueth the Lord hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these words in your eares.

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Numbers 35:33, Proverbs 6:17, Numbers 35:33, Proverbs 6:17, Matthew 26:25

16Then saide the princes and all the people vnto the Priestes, and to the prophets, This man is not worthie to die: for he hath spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lord our God.

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Acts 5:34, Acts 5:39, Acts 23:29, Acts 23:9, Acts 5:34

17Then rose vp certaine of the Elders of the lande, and spake to all the assemblie of the people, saying,

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Acts 5:34, Acts 5:34, Micah 1:1, Micah 1:1

18Michah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and spake to al the people of Iudah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a fielde, and Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the House shalbe as the hie places of the forest.

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Nehemiah 4:2, Micah 1:1, Zechariah 8:3, Nehemiah 4:2, Micah 1:1

19Did Hezekiah King of Iudah, and all Iudah put him to death? did he not feare ye Lord, and prayed before the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the plague, that he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great euill against our soules.

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Exodus 32:14, 2 Samuel 24:16, Exodus 32:14, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Chronicles 29:6

20And there was also a man that prophecied in the Name of the Lord, one Vriiah the sonne of Shemaiah, of Kiriath-iarem, who prophecied against this citie, and against this lande, according to all the wordes of Ieremiah.

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1 Samuel 7:2, 1 Samuel 7:2, Joshua 9:17, Joshua 9:17, 1 Samuel 6:21

21Nowe when Iehoiakim the King with all his men of power, and all the princes heard his wordes, the King sought to slay him. But when Vriiah heard it, he was afraide and fled, and went into Egypt.

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Matthew 10:23, Matthew 10:23, Jeremiah 36:26, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Matthew 14:5

22Then Iehoiakim the King sent men into Egypt, euen Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and certaine with him into Egypt.

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Jeremiah 36:12, 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:14, Jeremiah 36:12, 2 Kings 22:12

23And they fet Vriiah out of Egypt, and brought him vnto Iehoiakim the King, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead bodie into the graues of the children of the people.

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Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 2:30, Jeremiah 26:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Matthew 23:34

24But the hande of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan was with Ieremiah that they shoulde not giue him into the hande of the people to put him to death.

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1 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:14, Jeremiah 40:5, Jeremiah 40:7