Jeremiah 26:11
in Jeremiah 26Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
KJV
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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This verse in Jeremiah 26
Commentary
7 notes on this verseFor the prophets prophesied falsely, and the priests bore rule by their means, ch. v. 31 . Observe, When Jeremiah is indicted before the princes the stress of his accusation is laid upon what he said concerning the city, because they thought the princes would be most concerned about that.
This site's exposition
When the officials of Judah heard
on Jeremiah 26:10-11
The officials leave the palace and sit “at the entrance of the New Gate,” a place of public judgment. Their arrival turns a mob into a court. The priests and prophets press the charge, “This man is worthy of death,” citing what “you have heard with your own ears!”
This site's exposition
This man is worthy of death
The charge now turns from the temple to the city: he “has prophesied against this city.” Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Hebrew word rendered against can also mean concerning. The accusers make the officials witnesses, “as you have heard with your own ears.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 11) And the priests and prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying: This man deserves the punishment of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. But the leading men of the city, who had come from the king's palace to the temple, sat in the gateway of the temple and in the new gateway, in order to calm the people and gather them for a meeting.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The priests - "In the corrupt state of all kingdoms, the ecclesiastical officers always were the greatest enemies to the faithful ministers of God." They speak to the members of the court who are called princes, and to the people who were in the court.
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes, and to all the people,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This man is worthy to die - literally, A sentence of death is to this man, i. e., is his desert.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the princes of Judah heard that the false prophets and the priests had seized Jeremiah.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהַנְּבִאִים֙ | vehaneviim | and the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַשָּׂרִ֔ים | hasarim | the officials | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מִשְׁפַּט־ | mishpat- | a sentence of | H4941 → | 422 times |
| מָ֙וֶת֙ | mavet | death | H4194 → | 156 times |
| לָאִ֣ישׁ | laish | [belongs] to the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִבָּא֙ | niba' | he has prophesied | H5012 → | 115 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם | shema'tem | you have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | beazeneikhem | with own ears your | H241 → | 187 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהַנְּבִאִים֙and the prophets
vehaneviimH5030 →314 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַשָּׂרִ֔יםthe officials
hasarimH8269 →421 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מִשְׁפַּט־a sentence of
mishpat-H4941 →422 times
מָ֙וֶת֙death
mavetH4194 →156 times
לָאִ֣ישׁ[belongs] to the man
laishH376 →1663 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
נִבָּא֙he has prophesied
niba'H5012 →115 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעִ֣ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םyou have heard
shema'temH8085 →1159 times
בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃with own ears your
beazeneikhemH241 →187 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 13:1–5
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- Jeremiah 27:15
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jeremiah 28:15–17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Jeremiah 23:31
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
- Deuteronomy 13:1–5
Through
Matthew 26:66What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
it leads to
- John 19:7
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
- John 19:7
Through
Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to…
it leads to
- Acts 16:20
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
- Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- Acts 16:20
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.