Jeremiah 26:9

The crowd demands to know why Jeremiah dared prophesy the temple's ruin in God's name, pressing in around him. They treat a warning meant to save them as a crime.

Cross-references · 21

• Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
• Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
• Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
• Matt 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
• Jer 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
• John 8:20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
• Acts 19:24–32It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
• 2 Chr 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
• Acts 17:5–8The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
• Isa 30:9–11These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
• Amos 7:10–13Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
• Matt 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
• Isa 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
• Mark 15:11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
• Mic 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
• Acts 4:17–19But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
• Acts 16:19–22When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
• Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
• Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

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