The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the Lord’s Temple.
Parallel translations
- WEB The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in Yahweh’s house.
- KJV So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
- BSB Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,
- NKJV So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
- NASB The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
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Quick answer
The religious leaders and people heard Jeremiah deliver this hard word in the temple courts. The setting heightens the coming clash between God's prophet and the religious establishment.
Overview
The narrative shifts from the message to its reception, naming priests, prophets, and people as witnesses. That the sermon was preached publicly in 'Yahweh's house' makes the rejection all the more grievous. Those charged with guarding worship become the chief opponents of God's truth. The scene foreshadows how religious leaders would later oppose Jesus in the same temple.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Mic 3:11Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
- Matt 21:15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
- Jer 23:11–15for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
- Zeph 3:4Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
- Acts 5:17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
- Acts 4:1–6As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
- Ezek 22:25–26There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many within it.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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