Jeremiah 26:17
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
In other versions
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
ASV
Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,
BBE
And there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,
DBY
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
WEB
And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,
YLT
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
ENG
Then arose certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
WBT
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,
BSB
In context
15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.