Jeremiah 26:8
King James VersionSource notes
“Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.”
Context
5To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending but ye have not hearkened;
6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
8Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
10When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’S
11Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.