Jeremiah 11:21 “Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth…”

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

World English Bible

“Therefore the LORD says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy in the LORD’s name, that you not die by our hand’—

American Standard Version

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand;

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord therefore speaketh thus of the men of Anathoth, (that seeke thy life, and say, Prophecie not in the Name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hands)

Darby Translation

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand,

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, And thou dost not die by our hands.

Bible in Basic English

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:

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Cross references

“that seek”

Jeremiah 20:10 Micah 7:6 Matthew 10:21 Matthew 10:34–36 Luke 4:24 Jeremiah 12:5

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Micah 7:6 · BSB

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

Matthew 10:21 · BSB

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 10:34–36 · BSB

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Luke 4:24 · BSB

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Jeremiah 12:5 · BSB

“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

“Prophesy”

Isaiah 30:10 Amos 2:12 Amos 7:13–16 Micah 2:6–11

Isaiah 30:10 · BSB

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

Amos 2:12 · BSB

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

Amos 7:13–16 · BSB

But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”

Micah 2:6–11 · BSB

“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

“thou”

Jeremiah 38:1–6 Matthew 21:35 Matthew 22:6 Matthew 23:34–37 Jeremiah 20:1 Jeremiah 20:2

Jeremiah 38:1–6 · BSB

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

Matthew 21:35 · BSB

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 22:6 · BSB

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 23:34–37 · BSB

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

Jeremiah 20:1 · BSB

When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

Jeremiah 20:2 · BSB

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Also

Jeremiah 26:8

Jeremiah 26:8 · BSB

and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

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