Darby Translation 1890

Jeremiah 26:12-18 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

12. And Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

13. And now, amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

14. But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes:

15. only know for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

16. And the princes and all the people said unto the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God

17. And there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,

18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.