Jeremiah 26:18-20

New King James Version

¹⁸^(A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become ^(C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the ^[a]temple
Like the ^[b]bare hills of the forest.” ’

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death? ^(D)Did he not fear the Lord and ^(E)seek the Lord’s favor? And the Lord ^(F)relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them. ^(G)But we are doing great evil against ourselves.”

²⁰Now there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places

Jeremiah 26:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸“Micah^(A) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion^(B) will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(C)
the temple hill^(D) a mound overgrown with thickets.’^[a]^(E)

¹⁹“Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah^(F) fear the Lord and seek^(G) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,^(H) so that he did not bring the disaster^(I) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster^(J) on ourselves!”

²⁰(Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim^(K) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.

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