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17 Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, saying,[a] 18 “Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, saying:[b]

‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Zion will be plowed,
and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple[c] as high places of wood.”’

19 Did Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and all Judah actually put him to death? Was he not in fear of Yahweh? And he entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster that he had spoken against them. But we are about to do great disaster to ourselves.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:17 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 26:18 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 26:18 Literally “house”