12. Jeremiah said to the princes and all the people: “It was the Lord who sent me to prophesy against this house and city everything you have heard.
13. Now, therefore, reform your ways and your deeds; listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so that the Lord will have a change of heart regarding the evil he has spoken against you.
14. As for me, I am in your hands; do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
15. But you should certainly know that by putting me to death, you bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city and its inhabitants. For in truth it was the Lord who sent me to you, to speak all these words for you to hear.”
16. Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the Lord, our God, that he speaks to us.”
17. At this, some of the elders of the land arose and said to the whole assembly of the people,