Jeremiah 26:17
What does Jeremiah 26:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 26:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,
Context
v.16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.
v.17This passage
v.18Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 5:34
But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.
- Micah 1:1
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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