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Jeremiah 26:16 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 26 · verse 16
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.Jeremiah 26:16 · King James Version
Jeremiah 26:16 in context
14As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- worthymishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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Here is, I. The acquitting of Jeremiah from the charge exhibited against him. He had indeed spoken the words as they were laid in the indictment, but they are not looked upon to be seditious or treasonable, ill-intended or of any bad tendency, and therefore the court and country agree to find him not guilty.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-24