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When the ^(C1)officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD and sat at the ^(C2)entrance of the New Gate of the LORD'S house.

Then the priests and the prophets ^(C1)spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, "A ^(C2)death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied ^(C3)against this city, just as you have heard with your own ears!"

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "^(C1)The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

"Now then, ^(C1)reform your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the disaster which He has pronounced against you.

"But as for me, behold, ^(C1)I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.

"Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring ^(C1)innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words ^(F1)so that you hear them."

Then the officials and all the people ^(C1)said to the priests and the prophets, "No ^(C2)death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

Then ^(C1)some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

"^(F1)(C1)Micah of Moresheth used to prophesy in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 'This is what the LORD of armies has said: "^(C2)Zion will be plowed like a field, And Jerusalem will become heaps of ruins, And the ^(C3)mountain of the house like the ^(F2)high places of a forest."'

"Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not ^(C1)fear the LORD and plead for the favor of the LORD, and ^(C2)the LORD relented of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? But we are ^(C3)committing a great evil against our own lives!"