h and this City a thing to be cursed of all
nations of the earth. 7. And the priests and the prophets and all
the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of the
Lord. 8. And it was, when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the
Lord had charged him to speak to all the people, that the priests
and the prophets(317) laid hold on him saying, Thou shalt surely
die! 9. Because thou hast prophesied in the Name of the Lord
saying, As Shiloh this House shall be, and this City shall be laid
waste without a dweller. And all the people were gathered to
Jeremiah in the House of the Lord. 10. When the princes of Judah
heard of these things they came up from the king's house to the
House of the Lord and took their seats in the opening of the New
Gate of the Lord's House.(318) 11. Then said the priests and the
prophets to the princes and to all the people--Sentence of death
for this man! For he hath prophesied against this City as ye have
heard with your ears. 12. And Jeremiah said to the princes and to
all the people, The Lord hath sent me to prophesy against this
House and against this City all the words which ye have heard. 13.
So now better your ways and your doings, and hearken to the Voice
of the Lord, that the Lord may relent of the evil which He hath
spoken against you. 14. But as for me, here am I in your hand! Do
to me as is good and right in your eyes. 15. Only know for sure
that if ye put me to death ye will be bringing innocent blood upon
yourselves, and upon this City and upon her inhabitants; for in
truth the Lord did send me unto you to speak in your ears all
these words. 16. And the princes and all the people said to the
priests and the prophets, Not for this man be sentence of death,
because in the Name of the Lord our God hath he spoken to us. 17.
Then arose some of the elders of the land and said to all the
assembly of the people. 18. There was Micaiah the Morasthite in
the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and he said to all the people
of Judah, Thus saith the Lord: Sion like a field shall be
ploughed, And Jerusalem be heaps, And the mount of the House a
mound of the jungle. 19. Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to
death? Did they not fear the Lord and soothe the Lord's face, and
the Lord relented of the evil He had uttered against them. Yet we
are about to d