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Jeremiah 26:11

Jeremiah 26:11
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes, and to all the people,.... The priests and the prophets they were the accusers; the princes were the court before whom the cause was brought;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

This man is worthy to die - literally, A sentence of death is to this man, i. e., is his desert.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 26:7-15

One would have hoped that such a sermon as that in the foregoing verses, so plain and practical, so rational and pathetic, and delivered in God's name, would work upon even this people, especially…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

hath prophesied against this city Cp. Act 6:12 ff.