But Jeremiah said, “It is false! I am not falling away to the Chaldeans,” but he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers spoke of the false prophets.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things I do not know.
I sent him this response, saying, “Nothing like these reports that you are saying has occurred. From your own mind, you are inventing them.”