16 So the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve to die. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

17 (A)Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying: 18 (B)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(C)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (D)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
  2. Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places

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