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34
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves
in the ashes,
ye principal of the flock:
for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a
pleasant vessel.
35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to
escape.
36
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock,
shall
be heard:
for the L
ORD
hath spoiled their pasture.
37
And the peaceable habitations are cut down
because of the fierce anger of the L
ORD
.
38
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land
is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
CHAPTER 26
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the
L
ORD
, saying,
2
Thus saith the L
ORD
; Stand in the court of the L
ORD
’S house, and speak unto all the
cities of Judah, which come to worship in the L
ORD
’S house, all the words that I command thee to
speak unto them; diminish not a word:
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.
4
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the L
ORD
; If ye will not hearken to me, to
walk in my law, which I have set before you,
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;
6
Then
will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house
of the L
ORD
.
8
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the L
ORD
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.
9
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
.
10
When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto
the house of the L
ORD
, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the L
ORD
’S
house.
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.
12
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The L
ORD
sent me to
prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
13
Therefore now
amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the L
ORD
your God; and the L
ORD
will
repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
14
As for me, behold, I
am
in your hand:
do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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
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