1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word 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

2"Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not diminish a word.

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

3It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may relent of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

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

4You shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

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

5to 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;

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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 city 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

7The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words 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

8It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, "You shall surely die.

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

9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant?'" All the people were gathered to Jeremiah 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

10When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house.

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

11Then spoke the priests and the prophets 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."

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

12Then spoke Jeremiah to 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 you have heard.

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

13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

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

14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

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

15Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."

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

16Then 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 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 up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

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

18"Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest."'

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

19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord, and entreat the favor of the Lord, and the Lord relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.

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

20"There was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, 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:

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

21and 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:

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

22and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men 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 fetched forth 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."

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

24But 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.

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