1 in principio regis Ioachim filii Iosiae regis
Iuda
factum est verbum istud a Domino dicens
2 haec dicit Dominus
sta in atrio domus Domini et loqueris ad omnes civitates Iuda
de quibus veniunt ut adorent in domo Domini
universos sermones quos ego mandavi tibi ut loquaris ad eos
noli subtrahere verbum
3 si forte audiant et convertantur unusquisque a via sua mala
et paeniteat me mali quod cogito facere eis
propter malitias studiorum eorum
4 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus
si non audieritis me ut ambuletis in lege mea quam dedi vobis
5 ut audiatis sermones servorum meorum prophetarum
quos ego misi ad vos de nocte consurgens et dirigens
et non audistis
6 dabo domum istam sicut Silo
et urbem hanc dabo in maledictionem cunctis gentibus terrae
7 et audierunt sacerdotes et prophetae et omnis populus
Hieremiam loquentem verba haec in domo Domini
8 cumque conplesset Hieremias loquens omnia
quae praeceperat ei Dominus
ut loqueretur ad universum populum
adprehenderunt eum sacerdotes et prophetae et omnis populus dicens
morte morietur
9 quare prophetavit in nomine Domini dicens
sicut Silo erit domus haec
et urbs ista desolabitur eo quod non sit habitator
et congregatus est omnis populus adversum Hieremiam in domum Domini
10 et audierunt principes Iuda verba haec
et ascenderunt de domo regis in domum Domini
et sederunt in introitu portae Domini novae
11 et locuti sunt sacerdotes et prophetae ad principes
et ad omnem populum dicentes
iudicium mortis est viro huic
quia prophetavit adversum civitatem istam
sicut audistis auribus vestris
12 et ait Hieremias ad omnes principes et ad universum populum dicens
Dominus misit me ut prophetarem ad domum istam
et ad civitatem hanc omnia verba quae audistis
13 nunc ergo bonas facite vias vestras et studia vestra
et audite vocem Domini Dei vestri
et paenitebit Dominum mali quod locutus est adversum vos
14 ego autem ecce in manibus vestris sum
facite mihi ut bonum et rectum est in oculis vestris
15 verumtamen scitote et cognoscite quod si occideritis me
sanguinem innocentem traditis contra vosmet ipsos
et contra civitatem istam et habitatores eius
in veritate enim misit me Dominus ad vos
ut loquerer in auribus vestris omnia verba haec
16 et dixerunt principes et omnis populus
ad sacerdotes et prophetas
non est viro huic iudicium mortis
quia in nomine Domini Dei nostri locutus est ad nos
17 surrexerunt ergo viri de senioribus terrae
et dixerunt ad omnem coetum populi loquentes
18 Michas de Morasthim fuit propheta
in diebus Ezechiae regis Iudae
et ait ad omnem populum Iudae dicens
haec dicit Dominus exercituum
Sion quasi ager arabitur et Hierusalem in acervum lapidum erit
et mons domus in excelsa silvarum
19 numquid morte condemnavit eum Ezechias rex Iuda et omnis Iuda
numquid non timuerunt Dominum et deprecati sunt faciem Domini
et paenituit Dominum mali
quod locutus erat adversum eos
itaque nos facimus malum grande contra animas nostras
20 fuit quoque vir prophetans in nomine Domini
Urias filius Semei de Cariathiarim
et prophetavit adversum civitatem istam
et adversum terram hanc iuxta universa verba Hieremiae
21 et audivit rex Ioachim et omnes potentes et principes
eius verba haec
et quaesivit rex interficere eum
et audivit Urias et timuit fugitque et ingressus est Aegyptum
22 et misit rex Ioachim viros in Aegyptum
Elnathan filium Achobor et viros cum eo in Aegyptum
23 et eduxerunt Uriam de Aegypto
et adduxerunt eum ad regem Ioachim
et percussit eum gladio
et proiecit cadaver eius in sepulchris vulgi ignobilis
24 igitur manus Ahicam filii Saphan fuit cum
Hieremia
ut non traderetur in manu populi et interficerent eum
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 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: 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 LORD; 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 LORD.
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. 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.
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 . 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 LORD 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 LORD your God; and the LORD 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 inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
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. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 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. 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. 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 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; 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely , Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. 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. 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.