7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.
7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
7 The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
7 Everybody there - priests, prophets, and people - heard Jeremiah preaching this Message in the Temple of God.
7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
7 The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the Lord 's Temple.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 26:7
Commentary on Jeremiah 26:7-15
(Read Jeremiah 26:7-15)
The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him to prophesy thus. As long as ministers keep close to the word they have from God, they need not fear. And those are very unjust who complain of ministers for preaching of hell and damnation; for it is from a desire to bring them to heaven and salvation. Jeremiah warns them of their danger if they go on against him. All men may know, that to hurt, or put to death, or to show hatred to their faithful reprovers, will hasten and increase their own punishment.