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16 The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets, “Since Jeremiah only told us what the Lord our God had said, we don't think he deserves to die.”

17 Then some of the leaders from other towns stepped forward. They told the crowd that 18 (A) years ago when Hezekiah[a] was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth had said:

“I, the Lord All-Powerful, say
Jerusalem will be plowed under
    and left in ruins.
Thorns will cover the mountain
    where the temple
    now stands.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 26.18 Hezekiah: Ruled 716–687 b.c.
  2. 26.18 Jerusalem … stands: See Micah 3.12.

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