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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 26

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Jeremiah 26 NASB - New American Standard BibleJeremiah 26 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 26 of Jeremiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ In the beginning of the reign of 1Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD, saying,
  2. “Thus says the LORD, ‘2Stand in the court of the LORD’S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have 3come to worship in the LORD’S house 4all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. 5Do not omit a word!
  3. 6Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that 7I may repent of the calamity which I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.’
  4. And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “8If you will not listen to Me, to 9walk in My law which I have set before you,
  5. to listen to the words of 10My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you [a]again and again, but you have not listened;
  6. then I will make this house like 11Shiloh, and this city I will make a 12curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”
  7. ¶ The 13priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
  8. When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “14You must die!
  9. Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be 15desolate, without inhabitant’?” And 16all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
  10. ¶ When the 17officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the LORD and sat in the 18entrance of the New Gate of the LORD’S house.
  11. Then the priests and the prophets 19spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “A 20death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied 21against this city as you have heard in your hearing.”
  12. ¶ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, “22The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
  13. Now therefore 23amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will [b]change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.
  14. But as for me, behold, 24I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.
  15. Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring 25innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  16. ¶ Then the officials and all the people 26said to the priests and to the prophets, “No 27death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
  17. Then 28some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
  18. “[c]29Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the LORD of hosts has said,
    ¶ “30Zion will be plowed as a field,
    And Jerusalem will become ruins,
    And the 31mountain of the house as the [d]high places of a forest.”’
  19. ¶ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not 32fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and 33the LORD [e]changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are 34committing a great evil against ourselves.”
  20. ¶ Indeed, there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from 35Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah.
  21. When King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and all the officials heard his words, then the 36king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard it, and he was afraid and 37fled and went to Egypt.
  22. Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: 38Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt.
  23. And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who 39slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the [f]burial place of the [g]common people.
  24. ¶ But the hand of 40Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was 41not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit rising early and sending
  2. ^ Lit be sorry for
  3. ^ Lit Micaiah the Morasthite
  4. ^ Or a wooded height
  5. ^ Lit was sorry for
  6. ^ Lit graves
  7. ^ Lit sons of the people

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 23:36; 2Ch 36:4, 5
  2. ^ 2Ch 24:20, 21; Je 7:2; 19:14
  3. ^ De 12:5
  4. ^ Je 1:17; 42:4; Mt 28:20; Ac 20:20, 27
  5. ^ De 4:2
  6. ^ Is 1:16-19; Je 36:3-7
  7. ^ Je 18:8; Jon 3:8
  8. ^ Le 26:14; 1Ki 9:6; Is 1:20; Je 17:27; 22:5
  9. ^ Je 32:23; 44:10, 23
  10. ^ 2Ki 9:7; Ezr 9:11; Je 7:13; 25:3, 4
  11. ^ Jos 18:1; 1Sa 4:12; Ps 78:60, 61; Je 7:12, 14
  12. ^ 2Ki 22:19; Is 65:15; Je 24:9; 25:18
  13. ^ Je 5:31; Mc 3:11
  14. ^ Je 11:19; 18:23; La 4:13, 14; Mt 21:35, 36; 23:34, 35; 27:20
  15. ^ Je 9:11; 33:10
  16. ^ Ac 3:11; 5:12
  17. ^ Je 26:21
  18. ^ Je 36:10
  19. ^ Je 18:23
  20. ^ De 18:20; Mt 26:66
  21. ^ Je 38:4; Ac 6:11-14
  22. ^ Je 1:17, 18; 26:15; Am 7:15; Ac 4:19; 5:29
  23. ^ Je 7:3, 5; 18:8, 11; 26:3; 35:15; Jl 2:14; Jon 3:9; 4:2
  24. ^ Je 38:5
  25. ^ Nu 35:33; Pr 6:16, 17; Je 7:6
  26. ^ Je 26:11; 36:19, 25; 38:7, 13
  27. ^ Ac 5:34-39; 23:9, 29; 25:25; 26:31
  28. ^ Ac 5:34
  29. ^ Mc 1:1
  30. ^ Ne 4:2; Ps 79:1; Je 9:11; Mc 3:12
  31. ^ Is 2:2, 3; Je 17:3; Mc 4:1; Zc 8:3
  32. ^ 2Ch 29:6-11; 32:26; Is 37:1, 4, 15-20
  33. ^ Ex 32:14; 2Sa 24:16
  34. ^ Je 44:7; Hab 2:10
  35. ^ Jos 9:17; 1Sa 6:21; 7:2
  36. ^ 2Ch 16:10; 24:21; Je 36:26; Mt 14:5
  37. ^ 1Ki 19:2-4; Mt 10:23
  38. ^ Je 36:12
  39. ^ Je 2:30
  40. ^ 2Ki 22:12-14; Je 39:14; 40:5-7
  41. ^ 1Ki 18:4; Je 1:18, 19

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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