Jeremiah 26:7-9

Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah on Trial

⁷ The priests, the prophets, and everyone else in the temple heard what I said, ^8-9 and as soon as I finished, they all crowded around me and started shouting, “Why did you preach that the Lord will destroy this temple, just as he destroyed Shiloh? Why did you say that Jerusalem will be empty and lie in ruins? You ought to be put to death for saying such things in the Lord's name!” Then they had me arrested.