19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not (A)fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, and (B)the Lord [a]changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are (C)committing 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 (D)Kiriath-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 (E)king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard it, and he was afraid and (F)fled and went to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:19 Lit was sorry for