Jeremiah 11:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ “Therefore thus said יהוה  concerning the men of Anathoth who are seeking your life, saying, ‘Do not prophesy in the Name of יהוה, lest you die by our hand’ –

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Therefore thus says the Lord about the men of Anathoth [Jeremiah's hometown], who seek your life [Jeremiah] and say, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that you die not by our hands–

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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;

Common English Bible

²¹ This is what the LORD says concerning the men from Anathoth who seek your life and say, “Don’t prophesy in the LORD’s name or else you will die at our hands.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ "Because of this, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, and who are saying: 'You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die by our hands.'

Jeremiah 11:21 Cross References

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us what is smooth, prophesy deceits.

Jeremiah 1:1

The words of Yirmeyahu the son of Ḥ

Jeremiah 1:19

“And they shall fight against you, but not prevail against you. For I am with you,” declares יהוה, “to deliver you.”

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 26:8

And it came to be, when Yirmeyahu had ended speaking all that יהוה  had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall certainly die!

Jeremiah 32:7

‘See, Ḥ

Jeremiah 34:20

‘And I shall give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their corpses shall be for food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.

Amos 2:12

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’

Micah 7:6

For son is despising father, daughter rises up against her mother, daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, the enemies of a man are the men of his own house.

Matthew 10:21

“And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death.

Matthew 21:35

“And the farmers took his servants and beat one, and they killed one, and they stoned another.

Matthew 22:6

“And the rest, having seized his servants, insulted and killed them.

Luke 4:24

And He said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.