Jeremiah 26:4
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And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
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As in the history of the Acts of the Apostles that of their preaching and that of their suffering are interwoven, so it is in the account we have of the prophet Jeremiah; witness this chapter, where we are told, I. How faithfully he preached (Jer 26:1-6). II. How spitefully he was persecuted for so doing by the priests and the prophets (Jer 26:7-11). III. How bravely he stood to his doctrine, in the face of his persecutors (Jer 26:12-15). IV. How wonderfully he was protected and delivered by the prudence of the princes and elders (Jer 26:16-19). Though Urijah, another prophet, was about the same time put to death by Jehoiakim (Jer 26:20-23), yet Jeremiah met with those that sheltered him (Jer 26:24).
Open source ↗26:4-6 The people’s ancestors had chosen the way of disobedience; as a result, their sanctuary at Shiloh, north of Jerusalem, had been destroyed (7:12-15; 1 Sam 1–4). Similarly, continued disobedience of the covenant commands by the people in Jeremiah’s day would result in the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem.
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But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?