⁸ But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded^(A) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized^(B) him and said, “You must die!^(C)

¹⁸ I was ceremonially clean^(A) when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance.^(B)

²¹ That is why some Jews seized me^(A) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.^(B)

¹⁶ in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]