Then Jeremiah said, A lie! I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the rulers.
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and he that breathes out cruelty.
having a good conscience, that while they speak against you as evildoers they may be shamed, those falsely accusing your good behavior in Christ.
Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For so their fathers did to the false prophets.
Cruel witnesses rose up; they asked of me that which I never knew.
And I sent to him saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, but you pretend them out of your own heart.