Jeremiah 26:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ But know ye, and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves, and against this city, and the inhabitants thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me to you, to speak all these words in your hearing.

¹⁶ Then the princes, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgement of death for this man: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.

¹⁷ And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying: