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Jeremiah 26:10
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The officials of Judah act immediately after hearing Jeremiah’s prophecy, moving from the royal palace to the temple courts to convene at the New Gate. Their arrival marks the transition from popular accusation to formal judicial assembly.
The words — וַֽ/יִּשְמְע֣וּ (va/i.yish.me.'U) = and/ they heard and וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ (va/i.ya.'a.Lu) = and/ they came up frame the sequence of hearing followed by physical relocation to the assembly site.
The thread — The New Gate functions as a formal meeting place, later identified in Jeremiah 36:10 as the upper courtyard entrance where royal and temple officials gather. The officials’ role continues in Jeremiah 26:16 when they intervene to defend the prophet from the crowd.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that institutional authority responds to prophetic warning by convening at a designated judicial space. The narrative demands attention to how hearing triggers procedural movement rather than immediate reaction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When 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 house.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- 2 Kings 15:35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 26:16 Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
- Jeremiah 26:24 Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Jeremiah 34:19 The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
- Jeremiah 36:12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- Jeremiah 36:25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 37:14 “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
- Jeremiah 38:4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Ezekiel 22:6 See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.