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Jeremiah 26:23
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Jehoiakim’s agents retrieve the prophet Uriah from Egypt and deliver him to the king, an event occurring immediately after Jehoiakim’s initial dispatch of men to Egypt and just before Ahikam’s intervention secures Jeremiah’s safety.
The words — וַ/יּוֹצִ֨יאוּ (va/i.yo.Tzi.'u) = and they brought out and אוּרִיָּ֜הוּ ('u.ri.Ya.hu) = Uriah.
The thread — The narrative echoes Jeremiah 22:19, where a rejected ruler’s body is cast outside Jerusalem’s gates, and Jeremiah 2:30, where God’s sword consumes the nation’s prophets. Revelation 11:7 later mirrors this pattern of state violence against prophetic witnesses.
Why it lands — The text records the mechanical execution of a royal decree without moral commentary, forcing the reader to weigh the stark contrast between Uriah’s fate and Jeremiah’s protected status. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of how political power operates independently of prophetic authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Revelation 11:7 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 26:15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
- Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
- Ezekiel 19:6 He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- Matthew 14:10 and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
- Matthew 23:34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
- Acts 12:1 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,