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In the beginning[H7225] of the reign[H4468] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] came this word[H1697] from the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Stand[H5975] in the court[H2691] of the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004], and speak[H1696] unto all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], which come[H935] to worship[H7812] in the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004], all the words[H1697] that I command[H6680] thee to speak[H1696] unto them; diminish[H1639] not a word[H1697]:
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If so be they will hearken[H8085], and turn[H7725] every man[H376] from his evil[H7451]way[H1870], that I may repent[H5162] me of the evil[H7455], which I purpose[H2803] to do[H6213] unto them because[H6440] of the evil[H7455] of their doings[H4611].
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And thou shalt say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; If ye will not hearken[H8085] to me, to walk[H3212] in my law[H8451], which I have set[H5414]before[H6440] you,
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To hearken[H8085] to the words[H1697] of my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], whom I sent[H7971] unto you, both rising up early[H7925], and sending[H7971] them, but ye have not hearkened[H8085];
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Then will I make[H5414] this house[H1004] like Shiloh[H7887], and will make[H5414] this city[H5892] a curse[H7045] to all the nations[H1471] of the earth[H776].
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So the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] and all the people[H5971]heard[H8085]Jeremiah[H3414]speaking[H1696] these words[H1697] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah[H3414] had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] all that the LORD[H3068] had commanded[H6680] him to speak[H1696] unto all the people[H5971], that the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] and all the people[H5971]took[H8610] him, saying[H559], Thou shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191].
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Why hast thou prophesied[H5012] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], This house[H1004] shall be like Shiloh[H7887], and this city[H5892] shall be desolate[H2717] without an inhabitant?[H3427] And all the people[H5971] were gathered[H6950] against Jeremiah[H3414] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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When the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063]heard[H8085] these things[H1697], then they came up[H5927] from the king's house[H1004] unto the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and sat down[H3427] in the entry[H6607] of the new[H2319]gate[H8179] of the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004].
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Then spake[H559] the priests[H3548] and the prophets[H5030] unto the princes[H8269] and to all the people[H5971], saying[H559], This man[H376] is worthy[H4941] to die[H4194]; for he hath prophesied[H5012] against this city[H5892], as ye have heard[H8085] with your ears[H241].
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Then spake[H559]Jeremiah[H3414] unto all the princes[H8269] and to all the people[H5971], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068]sent[H7971] me to prophesy[H5012] against this house[H1004] and against this city[H5892] all the words[H1697] that ye have heard[H8085].
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Therefore now amend[H3190] your ways[H1870] and your doings[H4611], and obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]; and the LORD[H3068] will repent[H5162] him of the evil[H7451] that he hath pronounced[H1696] against you.
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As for me, behold, I am in your hand[H3027]: do[H6213] with me as seemeth[H5869]good[H2896] and meet[H3477] unto you.
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But know[H3045] ye for certain[H3045], that if ye put me to death[H4191], ye shall surely bring[H5414]innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] upon yourselves, and upon this city[H5892], and upon the inhabitants[H3427] thereof: for of a truth[H571] the LORD[H3068] hath sent[H7971] me unto you to speak[H1696] all these words[H1697] in your ears[H241].
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Then said[H559] the princes[H8269] and all the people[H5971] unto the priests[H3548] and to the prophets[H5030]; This man[H376] is not worthy[H4941] to die[H4194]: for he hath spoken[H1696] to us in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430].
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Then rose up[H6965]certain[H582] of the elders[H2205] of the land[H776], and spake[H559] to all the assembly[H6951] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
18Micah[H4320] the Morasthite[H4183]prophesied[H5012] in the days[H3117] of Hezekiah[H2396]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and spake[H559] to all the people[H5971] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Zion[H6726] shall be plowed[H2790] like a field[H7704], and Jerusalem[H3389] shall become heaps[H5856], and the mountain[H2022] of the house[H1004] as the high places[H1116] of a forest[H3293].
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Did Hezekiah[H2396]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and all[H4191]Judah[H3063] put him at all[H4191] to death?[H4191] did he not fear[H3373] the LORD[H3068], and besought[H2470] the LORD[H6440], and the LORD[H6440]repented[H5162] him of the evil[H7451] which he had pronounced[H1696] against them? Thus[H587] might we procure[H6213]great[H1419]evil[H7451] against our souls[H5315].
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And there was also a man[H376] that prophesied[H5012] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], Urijah[H223] the son[H1121] of Shemaiah[H8098] of Kirjathjearim[H7157], who prophesied[H5012] against this city[H5892] and against this land[H776] according to all the words[H1697] of Jeremiah[H3414]:
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And when Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428], with all his mighty men[H1368], and all the princes[H8269], heard[H8085] his words[H1697], the king[H4428]sought[H1245] to put him to death[H4191]: but when Urijah[H223]heard[H8085] it, he was afraid[H3372], and fled[H1272], and went[H935] into Egypt[H4714];
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And Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428]sent[H7971]men[H582] into Egypt[H4714], namely, Elnathan[H494] the son[H1121] of Achbor[H5907], and certain men[H582] with him into Egypt[H4714].
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And they fetched forth[H3318]Urijah[H223] out of Egypt[H4714], and brought[H935] him unto Jehoiakim[H3079] the king[H4428]; who slew[H5221] him with the sword[H2719], and cast[H7993] his dead body[H5038] into the graves[H6913] of the common[H1121]people[H5971].
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Nevertheless the hand[H3027] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227] was with Jeremiah[H3414], that they should not give[H5414] him into the hand[H3027] of the people[H5971] to put him to death[H4191].