Jeremiah 26:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and upon its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Only know for certain that if you sentence me to death, you and the people of this city will be guilty of killing an innocent man. The LORD has in fact sent me to speak everything I have said to you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Yet truly, know and understand this: if you kill me, you will be bringing innocent blood against yourselves, and against this city and its inhabitants. For in truth, the Lord sent me to you, so as to speak all these words in your hearing."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ But know ye and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves and against this city and the inhabitants thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me to you, to speak all these words in your hearing.

Jeremiah 26:15 Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 2:34

Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.

Jeremiah 30:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

Numbers 35:33

You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

Matthew 26:25

Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Is it I, Master?” He said to him, “You have said so.”

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Acts 7:60

And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Deuteronomy 19:10

lest innocent blood be shed in your land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

Revelation 16:6

For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is their due!”