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Jeremiah 26:12

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But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 26

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The Lord sent me to prophesy - My commission is from him, and my words are his own. I sought not this painful office. I did not run before I was sent.

This site's exposition

But Jeremiah said to all the

on Jeremiah 26:12-15

Jeremiah denies nothing and rests his defense on its source, “The LORD sent me,” repeating the offer of verse 3: “correct your ways and deeds.” Verse 15 warns his judges, “you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents.”

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 12 and following) And Jeremiah said to all the leaders and to all the people, saying: The Lord has sent me to prophesy to this house (or over this house) and to this city (or over this city) all the words that you have heard. Therefore, now make your ways and your pursuits good, and listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will repent of the evil that He has spoken against you (or the Lord will cease from the evils that He has spoken against you).

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, saying,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They had used the same Hebrew word (Jer 26:11), which ought to be translated "concerning," though they meant it in the unfavorable sense. Jeremiah takes up their word in a better sense, implying that there is still room for repentance: that his prophecies aim at the real good of the city; for or concerning this house . . . city [GROTIUS].
The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they would amend their ways God would deliver them from the threatened doom. As for himself he was in their hands, but if they put him to death they would bring the guilt of shedding innocent blood upon themselves and upon the city.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙Jeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 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

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • שְׁלָחַ֗נִיhe sent me

    shelachaniH7971 →845 times

  • לְהִנָּבֵ֞אto prophesy

    lehinave'H5012 →115 times

  • אֶל־against

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַבַּ֤יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַזֶּה֙<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְאֶל־and against

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָעִ֣ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֔את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַדְּבָרִ֖יםthe words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃you have heard

    shema'temH8085 →1159 times

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

Related verses

8 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 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”4 worksActs 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.4 worksActs 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.4 worksJeremiah 1:17–18Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.3 worksJeremiah 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.3 worksJeremiah 19:1–3This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Amos 7:15–17But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’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 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

    Acts 5:29

    But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

    it leads to

    • Acts 4:19

      But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

    • 1 Samuel 15:24

      Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

    • Mark 7:7–9

      They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

    • Genesis 3:17

      And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because…

    • Revelation 14:8–12

      Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

  • Through

    Acts 4:19

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

    it leads to

    • Acts 5:29

      But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

    • Exodus 1:17

      The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

    • 1 Corinthians 10:15

      I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 26 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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