Jeremiah 26:8
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
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Gill's Exposition
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking,.... For they let him alone till he had done, either out of reverence of him as a priest and prophet; or they were awed by a secret…
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
Thou shalt surely die That prophet who spoke without God's command was according to Deu 18:20 to be put to death. The charge against Jeremiah then was of this nature, and the alleged proof, that it…
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