Jérémie 26:12

Louis Segond

Jérémie dit à tous les chefs et à tout le peuple: L'Eternel m'a envoyé pour prophétiser contre cette maison et contre cette ville, toutes les choses que vous avez entendues.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et Jérémie parla à tous les principaux, et à tout le peuple, en disant : l'Eternel m'a envoyé pour prophétiser contre cette maison, et contre cette ville, [selon] toutes les paroles que vous avez ouïes.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mais Jérémie parla à tous les chefs et à tout le peuple, en disant: C'est l'Éternel qui m'a envoyé pour prophétiser, contre cette maison et contre cette ville, toutes les paroles que vous avez entendues.

Darby's French Translation
Et Jérémie parla à tous les princes et à tout le peuple, disant: L'Éternel m'a envoyé pour prophétiser contre cette maison et contre cette ville toutes les paroles que vous avez entendues.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 26:15, Jeremiah 1:17, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 19:1-3, Amos 7:15-17, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:2 - against Acts 6:14 - that 2 Timothy 2:25 - instructing 1 Peter 3:15 - and be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, saying,.... In his own defence; which, as Jerom observes, was with prudence, humility, and constancy:

the Lord sent me to prophesy against this house, and against this city, all the words that ye have heard; he does not deny but that he had prophesied against the city of Jerusalem and against the temple, and that they should both come to ruin, unless the people repented and reformed; but then he urges, that he was sent by the Lord on this errand, and that every word that he had said, and they had heard, he was ordered to say by the Lord; and therefore what was he, that he should withstand God? he surely was not to be blamed for doing what the Lord commanded him to do; besides, all this was threatened only in case they continued obstinate and impenitent; wherefore he renews his exhortations to them in Jeremiah 26:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they would amend their ways God would deliver them from the threatened doom. As for himself he was in their hands, but if they put him to death they would bring the guilt of shedding innocent blood upon themselves and upon the city.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:12. The Lord sent me to prophesy — My commission is from him, and my words are his own. I sought not this painful office. I did not run before I was sent.