Jeremiah 26:16-24

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah Is Spared

¹⁶ Then the officials and all the people ^(A)said to the priests and to the prophets, “No ^(B)death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.” ¹⁷ Then ^(C)some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, ¹⁸ “^[a](D)Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the Lord of hosts has said,

¹⁹ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not ^(G)fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, and ^(H)the Lord ^[c]changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are ^(I)committing a great evil against ourselves.”

²⁰ Indeed, there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from ^(J)Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah. ²¹ When King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and all the officials heard his words, then the ^(K)king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard it, and he was afraid and ^(L)fled and went to Egypt. ²² Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: ^(M)Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt. ²³ And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who ^(N)slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the ^[d]burial place of the ^[e]common people.

²⁴ But the hand of ^(O)Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was ^(P)not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.