Jeremiah 26:18-20

New King James Version

¹⁸^(A)“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:

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

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death? ^(D)Did he not fear the Lord and ^(E)seek the Lord’s favor? And the Lord ^(F)relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them. ^(G)But we are doing great evil against ourselves.”

²⁰Now there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

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Footnotes

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

Jeremiah 26:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,

^(A)“‘Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? ^(B)Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, ^(C)and did not the Lord relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? ^(D)But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”

²⁰There was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from ^(E)Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah.

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Jeremiah 26:18-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸“^[a]^(A)Micah of Moresheth used to prophesy in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies has said:

“^(B)Zion will be plowed like a field,
And Jerusalem will become heaps of ruins,
And the ^(C)mountain of the house like the ^[b]high places of a forest.”’

¹⁹Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not ^(D)fear the Lord and plead for the favor of the Lord, and ^(E)the Lord relented of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? But we are ^(F)committing a great evil against our own lives!”

²⁰Indeed, there was also a man who used to prophesy in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from ^(G)Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 26:18 Lit Micaiah the Morasthite
Jeremiah 26:18 Or wooded heights

Jeremiah 26:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸“Micah^(A) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion^(B) will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(C)
the temple hill^(D) a mound overgrown with thickets.’^[a]^(E)

¹⁹“Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah^(F) fear the Lord and seek^(G) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,^(H) so that he did not bring the disaster^(I) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster^(J) on ourselves!”

²⁰(Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim^(K) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.

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