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Jeremiah 26:8-10
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 26:8-10
Contemporary English Version
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.
10 The royal officers heard what had happened, and they came from the palace to the new gate of the temple to be the judges at my trial.[a]
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- 26.10 new gate … trial: Public trials were often held in an open area at a gate of a city, palace, or temple.
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