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Jeremiah Chapter 26

Jeremiah
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Jeremiah

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The people of Judah ask Jeremiah to write down the words of the Lord and the deeds of their kings so that the king of Babylon may know them. Jeremiah promises to do this, saying he will record their actions and give the record to the Babylonian ruler. The chapter shows the need for a lasting record of God's judgment and the consequences of Israel's sins.

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(1) In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
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Jeremiah 1:3Jeremiah 25:1Jeremiah 27:1Jeremiah 35:1Jeremiah 36:1II Kings 23:34II Kings 23:35II Kings 23:36II Chronicles 36:4II Chronicles 36:5

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Jeremiah 27:1Ezra 4:6II Kings 23:34Jeremiah 1:3

(2) Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
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Jeremiah 7:2Jeremiah 19:14Jeremiah 23:28Jeremiah 36:10II Chronicles 24:20II Chronicles 24:21Luke 19:47Luke 19:48Luke 20:1Luke 21:37Luke 21:38John 8:2

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Jeremiah 7:2Leviticus 27:26Haggai 1:13Ezekiel 46:21Deuteronomy 4:2Jeremiah 19:14

(3) If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
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Jeremiah 18:7Jeremiah 18:8Jeremiah 18:9Jeremiah 18:10Jeremiah 36:3Isaiah 1:16Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:19Ezekiel 18:27Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 18:29

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Zechariah 1:4Ezekiel 14:6Ezekiel 33:11Jonah 3:9

(4) And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
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Leviticus 26:14Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:19Leviticus 26:20Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:25

(5) To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
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Jeremiah 7:13Jeremiah 7:25Jeremiah 11:7II Kings 9:7II Kings 17:13II Kings 17:23II Kings 24:2Ezra 9:11Ezekiel 38:17Daniel 9:6Daniel 9:7Daniel 9:8

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Jeremiah 25:4Jeremiah 29:19Jeremiah 35:15Jeremiah 7:25Jeremiah 44:4Jeremiah 25:3

(6) Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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Jeremiah 7:12Jeremiah 7:13Jeremiah 7:14I Samuel 4:10I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 4:12I Samuel 4:19I Samuel 4:20I Samuel 4:21I Samuel 4:22Psalms 78:60Psalms 78:61

(7) So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
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Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 23:11Jeremiah 23:12Jeremiah 23:13Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:15Ezekiel 22:25Ezekiel 22:26Micah 3:11Zephaniah 3:4Matthew 21:15Acts 4:1

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Jeremiah 26:8Jeremiah 38:6

(8) Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
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Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 11:19Jeremiah 11:20Jeremiah 11:21Jeremiah 12:5Jeremiah 12:6Jeremiah 18:18Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 20:2Jeremiah 20:8Jeremiah 20:9Jeremiah 20:10

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Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 33:8II Kings 7:4

(9) Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
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II Chronicles 25:16Isaiah 29:21Isaiah 30:9Isaiah 30:10Isaiah 30:11Amos 5:10Amos 7:10Amos 7:11Amos 7:12Amos 7:13Micah 2:6Matthew 21:23

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Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32I Samuel 1:8Jeremiah 12:11Jeremiah 33:10Ezekiel 29:12

(10) When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.
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Jeremiah 26:16Jeremiah 26:17Jeremiah 26:24Jeremiah 34:19Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 36:13Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:16Jeremiah 36:17Jeremiah 36:18Jeremiah 36:19

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 39:3Ezekiel 11:1Esther 2:21

(11) Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
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Deuteronomy 18:20Matthew 26:66Luke 23:1Luke 23:2Luke 23:3Luke 23:4Luke 23:5John 18:30John 19:7Acts 22:22Acts 24:4Acts 24:5

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Jeremiah 26:16II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 36:21

(12) Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
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Jeremiah 26:2Jeremiah 26:15Jeremiah 1:17Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 19:1Jeremiah 19:2Jeremiah 19:3Amos 7:15Amos 7:16Amos 7:17Acts 4:19Acts 5:29

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Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 37:14Ezekiel 13:2Micah 2:6Jeremiah 38:6

(13) Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
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Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 7:4Jeremiah 7:5Jeremiah 7:6Jeremiah 7:7Jeremiah 35:15Jeremiah 36:3Jeremiah 38:20Isaiah 1:19Isaiah 55:7Ezekiel 33:11Hosea 14:1

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Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 7:5Jeremiah 32:19Ezekiel 24:14

(14) As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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Jeremiah 38:5Joshua 9:25Daniel 3:16II Samuel 15:26

(15) But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
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Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 2:34Jeremiah 7:6Jeremiah 22:3Jeremiah 22:17Genesis 4:10Genesis 42:22Numbers 35:33Deuteronomy 19:10II Kings 24:4Proverbs 6:17Matthew 23:30

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 49:20Isaiah 8:9

(16) Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
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Jeremiah 36:19Jeremiah 36:25Jeremiah 38:7Jeremiah 38:8Jeremiah 38:9Jeremiah 38:10Jeremiah 38:11Jeremiah 38:12Jeremiah 38:13Esther 4:14Proverbs 16:7Matthew 27:23

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Jeremiah 26:11II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Psalms 68:27

(17) Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
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Micah 1:1Acts 5:34

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Numbers 16:2

(18) Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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Micah 1:1Micah 3:12Jeremiah 9:11Jeremiah 51:37II Kings 19:25Nehemiah 4:2Psalms 79:1Jeremiah 17:3Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 2:3Micah 4:1Zechariah 8:3

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Micah 3:12Zechariah 8:3Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5Isaiah 29:17

(19) Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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II Chronicles 29:6II Chronicles 29:7II Chronicles 29:8II Chronicles 29:9II Chronicles 29:10II Chronicles 29:11II Chronicles 32:20II Chronicles 32:25II Chronicles 32:26II Chronicles 34:21Isaiah 37:1Isaiah 37:4

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Ezekiel 13:18Ezekiel 13:20

(20) And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
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Joshua 15:60Joshua 18:14I Samuel 7:2

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I Samuel 19:21Jeremiah 29:31Ezekiel 37:7Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 25:13Jeremiah 26:9

(21) And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
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Jeremiah 36:26II Chronicles 16:10Psalms 119:109Matthew 14:5Mark 6:19I Kings 19:1I Kings 19:2I Kings 19:3Proverbs 29:25Matthew 10:23Matthew 10:28Matthew 10:39

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6I Chronicles 28:1Psalms 68:27

(22) And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
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Psalms 12:8Proverbs 29:12II Kings 22:12II Kings 22:14

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Ezra 8:16

(23) And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
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Jeremiah 26:15Jeremiah 2:30Ezekiel 19:6Matthew 14:10Matthew 23:34Matthew 23:35Acts 12:1Acts 12:2Acts 12:3I Thessalonians 2:15Revelation 11:7Jeremiah 22:19

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I Corinthians 15:44Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:12

(24) Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
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Jeremiah 39:14Jeremiah 40:5Jeremiah 40:6Jeremiah 40:7II Kings 22:12II Kings 22:13II Kings 22:14II Kings 25:22II Chronicles 34:20Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 1:19Jeremiah 15:15

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II Kings 22:12II Chronicles 34:20Jeremiah 39:14Jeremiah 43:6Jeremiah 38:6

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