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καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τοῦ ιερεμιου λαλοῦντος τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἐν οἴκῳ κυρίου
Jeremiah 33:7
The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 92
92. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 26
1-5 Exhortation by the Lord to repent, and live according to His commandments in the Word. (2)
6 Otherwise the church with them will be destroyed. (2)
7-9 Evil and falsity of religion condemned Him to death, (9)
10-16 but because He spoke from the Divine, the truths of the church acquitted Him. (9)
17-19 An instance of their not condemning to death one who spoke from inspiration, (9)
20-23 excepting one who spoke falsely. (9)
24 The Lord was not condemned on account of the people. (9, 3)
Jeremiah 26:17-19
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Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
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Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
