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Jeremiah 26:9

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How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

KJV

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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This verse in Jeremiah 26

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
The charge against Jeremiah was that of prophesying falsely, for which the penalty was death Deu 18:20. They assumed that it was absolutely impossible that Jerusalem ever could become like Shiloh. Against Jeremiah - unto Jeremiah. They regularly constituted themselves a congregation to take part in his trial.

This site's exposition

heard Jeremiah speaking these words

on Jeremiah 26:7-9

Jeremiah is heard by “the priests and prophets and all the people” in the courtyard of the sermon in chapter 7. He said “this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted,” heard as an attack on the temple itself.

This site's exposition

How dare you prophesy in the name

Barnes explains that the crowd held it impossible for Jerusalem ever to become like Shiloh. Chapter 7 had warned against trusting in the temple. Barnes adds that the people assembled as a congregation to take part in the trial of Jeremiah.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 7-9.) And the priests and prophets (or false prophets) and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and prophets (or false prophets) and all the people seized him, saying, 'You shall surely die! Because you have prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant.'

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is not out of any concern for the honour of the temple that they appear thus warm, but because they are resolved not to part with their sins, in which they flatter themselves with a conceit that the temple of the Lord will protect them; therefore, right or wrong, Thou shalt surely die.

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.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 26:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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 words

Every 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.

  • מַדּוּעַ֩why?

    madua'H4069 →72 times

  • נִבֵּ֨יתָhave you prophesied

    nibeitaH5012 →115 times

  • בְשֵׁם־in [the] name of

    veshem-H8034 →864 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כְּשִׁלוֹ֙like Shiloh

    keshiloH7887 →32 times

  • יִֽהְיֶה֙it will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • הַבַּ֣יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְהָעִ֥ירand the city

    vehairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֛את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • תֶּחֱרַ֖בit will be desolate

    techeravH2717 →40 times

  • מֵאֵ֣יןfrom not

    meeinH369 →789 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֑בinhabitant

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • וַיִּקָּהֵ֧לand it assembled

    vaiyikahelH6950 →

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֛םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֶֽל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • בְּבֵ֥יתin [the] house of

    beveitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.4 worksJeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’4 worksIsaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.2 works2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”2 worksMatthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”2 worksJohn 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 19:24–32It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.2 worksActs 17:5–8The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.2 worksAmos 7:10–13Then 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,2 worksActs 16:19–22When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.2 worksActs 6:14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”2 worksActs 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.2 worksMicah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”2 worksJeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”2 worksJohn 8:20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.2 worksMark 15:11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.2 worksIsaiah 30:9–11These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.2 worksActs 4:17–19But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    John 8:59

    At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

    it leads to

    • John 11:8

      “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

    • John 10:39–40

      At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

    • John 10:30–33

      I and the Father are one.”

    • Leviticus 24:16

      Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he…

  • Through

    Isaiah 29:21

    those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

    it leads to

    • Amos 5:10–12

      There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

    • James 5:6

      You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

  • Through

    Matthew 21:23

    When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And…

    it leads to

    • Acts 4:7

      They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

    • Mark 11:27–33

      After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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