Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
Parallel translations
- WEB “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy in Yahweh’s name, that you not die by our hand;’
- KJV Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
- NKJV “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’—
- NASB Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, saying: “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you do not die by our hand”;
- NLT This is what the Lord says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the Lord’s name.”
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Quick answer
God names Jeremiah's hometown of Anathoth as the source of the threats demanding he stop prophesying.
Overview
The plot came from Jeremiah's own townsmen, even his own family circle, making the betrayal deeply personal. They threatened his life to silence God's word, opposing the LORD by opposing His prophet. Like Christ, Jeremiah found that 'a prophet is not without honor except in his own hometown' (Mark 6:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Jer 12:5–6“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
- Luke 13:33–34Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- Amos 2:12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- Isa 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Luke 4:24Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
- Matt 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
- Jer 38:1–6Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
- Matt 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Jer 26:8and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
- Matt 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Jer 20:1–2When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
- Mic 2:6–11“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Amos 7:13–16But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Matt 23:34–37Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- Matt 10:34–36Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- Mic 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Acts 7:51–52You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
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