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Jeremiah 26:7
Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah pronounces a temple judgment to the priests, prophets, and all the people gathered in the house of the LORD, positioned between his initial warning of destruction and the crowd’s violent reaction. The words — מְדַבֵּ֛ר (me.da.Ber) = speaking, denoting the active delivery of the prophetic message before the audience. The thread — The convergence of priests and prophets as a unified group appears in Jeremiah 5:31, Micah 3:11, and Jeremiah 23:11, where the text links them to corruption, false leadership, and wickedness within the sanctuary. Why it lands — The verse establishes the precise audience of a divine indictment and signals the imminent conflict between institutional authority and prophetic truth, requiring the reader to track how religious leaders respond to unflinching revelation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Jeremiah 23:11 “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 22:25 The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
- Matthew 21:15 But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
- Acts 4:1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- Acts 5:17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out