¹² Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. ¹³ Now therefore ^(A)mend your ways and your deeds, ^(B)and obey the voice of the Lord your God, ^(C)and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. ^14 (D)But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. ¹⁵ Only know for certain that if you put me to death, ^(E)you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

²⁰ There was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from ^(A)Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah. ²¹ And when ^(B)King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt. ²² Then ^(C)King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, ^(D)Elnathan the son of ^(E)Achbor and others with him, ²³ and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, ^(F)who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

²⁴ But the hand of ^(G)Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.