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Jeremiah 26:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die! "

Jeremiah 26:8

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6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”

7 The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the LORD’s house.

8 When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!

9 Why have you prophesied in the LORD’s name, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant’?” All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in the LORD’s house.

10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the LORD’s house; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house.

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Jeremiah 26:1

"In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:"

Jeremiah 26:2

"“The LORD says: ‘Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don’t omit a word."

Jeremiah 26:3

"It may be they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.’”"

Jeremiah 26:4

"You shall tell them, “The LORD says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,"

Jeremiah 26:5

"to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—"

Jeremiah 26:6

"then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”"

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