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16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, “This man does not deserve[a] a sentence of death, for in the name of Yahweh our God, he has spoken to us.” 17 Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, saying,[b] 18 “Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, saying:[c]

‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Zion will be plowed,
and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple[d] as high places of wood.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:16 Literally “Not to this man”
  2. Jeremiah 26:17 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 26:18 Literally “to say”
  4. Jeremiah 26:18 Literally “house”