8 And swhen Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, twithout inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and took their seat in the entry of the uNew Gate of the house of the Lord. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, v“This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. 13 Now therefore wmend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will xrelent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. 14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. 15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
Answer Me When I Call
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 cAnswer me when I call, O God of dmy righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
2 O men,1 how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.
ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
5 Offer right sacrifices,
and fput your trust in the Lord.
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
gLift up the hlight of your face upon us, O Lord!”
7 You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.
8 In peace I will both ilie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
17 Brothers, xjoin in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 yTheir end is destruction, their god is their zbelly, and they glory in their shame, with aminds set on earthly things. 20 But bour citizenship is cin heaven, and dfrom it we eawait a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will ftransform our glowly body to be hlike his iglorious body, jby the power that enables him even to subject kall things to himself.
1 Therefore, my brothers,1 whom I love and long for, my ljoy and crown, mstand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Lament over Jerusalem
31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a pprophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ 34 qO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that rkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a shen gathers her brood under her wings, and tyou were not willing! 35 Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, u‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
