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Jeremiah Is Arrested

26 Yahweh spoke his word when Judah’s King Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, began to rule. He said, “This is what Yahweh says: Stand in the courtyard of Yahweh’s temple, and speak to all the people who come from the cities of Judah to worship in Yahweh’s temple. Tell them everything that I command you to tell them. Don’t leave out a single word. Maybe they’ll listen, and they’ll turn from their evil ways. Then I’ll change my plan about the disaster I intend to bring on them because of the evil they have done.”

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Jeremiah Threatened With Death

26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: “This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard(B) of the Lord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord.(C) Tell(D) them everything I command you; do not omit(E) a word. Perhaps they will listen and each will turn(F) from their evil ways. Then I will relent(G) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done.

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