Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.
Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
False witnesses rose up; they accused me of things that I knew not.
Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Having a good conscience; that, although they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ.