Jeremiah 26:10-24

New International Version

¹⁰When the officials^(A) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate^(B) of the Lord’s house. ¹¹Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death^(C) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”^(D)

¹²Then Jeremiah said to all the officials^(E) and all the people: “The Lord sent me to prophesy^(F) against this house and this city all the things you have heard.^(G) ¹³Now reform^(H) your ways and your actions and obey^(I) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent^(J) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. ¹⁴As for me, I am in your hands;^(K) do with me whatever you think is good and right. ¹⁵Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood^(L) on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words^(M) in your hearing.”

¹⁶Then the officials^(N) and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death!^(O) He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

¹⁷Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people, ¹⁸“Micah^(P) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion^(Q) will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(R)
the temple hill^(S) a mound overgrown with thickets.’^[a]^(T)

¹⁹“Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah^(U) fear the Lord and seek^(V) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,^(W) so that he did not bring the disaster^(X) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster^(Y) on ourselves!”

²⁰(Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim^(Z) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. ²¹When King Jehoiakim^(AA) and all his officers and officials^(AB) heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death.^(AC) But Uriah heard of it and fled^(AD) in fear to Egypt. ²²King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan^(AE) son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men. ²³They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword^(AF) and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)^(AG)