Jeremiah 26
- 1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, saying,
- 2The Lord says this. Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word:
- 3If so be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their actions.
- 4And you shall say to them, The Lord says this. If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
- 5To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, who I sent to you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not listened.
- 6Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- 7So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
- 8When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall surely die.
- 9Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be ruined with no one living there? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
- 10When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house.
- 11Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die. For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
- 12Then Jeremiah spoke to 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 you have heard.
- 13Therefore now amend your ways and your actions, and obey the voice of the Lord your God. And the Lord will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
- 14As for me, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good and fitting to you.
- 15But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its people. For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
- 16Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets. This man is not worthy to die. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.
- 17Then rose up some of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
- 18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, The Lord of Hosts says this. 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.
- 19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear the Lord, and begged the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? So might we procure great evil against our souls.
- 20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
- 21And 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.
- 22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and some men with him into Egypt.
- 23And they brought out Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king. Who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
- 24But 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.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Jeremiah 26 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThus 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:
GIGAKJVThe Lord says this. Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word:
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf so be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their actions.
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVAnd you shall say to them, The Lord says this. If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
KJVTo 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;
GIGAKJVTo listen to the words of my servants the prophets, who I sent to you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not listened.
KJVThen will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
GIGAKJVThen I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
KJVNow 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.
GIGAKJVWhen Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall surely die.
KJVWhy 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.
GIGAKJVWhy have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be ruined with no one living there? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
KJVWhen 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.
GIGAKJVWhen the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die. For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen Jeremiah spoke to 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 you have heard.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore now amend your ways and your actions, and obey the voice of the Lord your God. And the Lord will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
KJVAs for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
GIGAKJVAs for me, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good and fitting to you.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its people. For truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets. This man is not worthy to die. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.
KJVThen rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
GIGAKJVThen rose up some of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
KJVMicah 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.
GIGAKJVMicah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, The Lord of Hosts says this. 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.
KJVDid 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.
GIGAKJVDid Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear the Lord, and begged the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? So might we procure great evil against our souls.
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd 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.
KJVAnd Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
GIGAKJVAnd Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and some men with him into Egypt.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they brought out Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king. Who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
KJVNevertheless 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.
GIGAKJVBut 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.
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