Thereforethussaysthe LORDconcerningthe menof Anathoth,who seekyour life,saying,"Do not prophesyin the nameof the LORD,sothat you will not dieat our hand";
"But you made the Naziritesdrinkwine,And you commandedthe prophetssaying,You shall not prophesy!'
For I have heardthe whisperingof many,"Terroron everyside!Denounce[him]; yes, let us denouncehim!" Allmy trustedfriends,Watchingfor my fall,say: "Perhapshe will be deceived,so that we may prevailagainst him And takeour revengeon him."
Whosayto the seers,"You must not see[visions"]; And to the prophets,"You must not prophesyto us whatis right,Speakto us pleasantwords,Prophesyillusions.
And He said,"TrulyI sayto you, noprophetis welcomein his hometown.
and the restseizedhis slavesand mistreatedthem and killedthem.
"The vine-growerstookhis slavesand beatone,and killedanother,and stoneda third.
"Brotherwill betraybrotherto death,and a father[his] child;and childrenwill riseup againstparentsand cause them to be put to death.
For sontreatsfathercontemptuously,Daughterrisesup against her mother,Daughter-in-lawagainst her mother-in-law;A man'senemiesare the menof his own household.
When Jeremiahfinishedspeakingallthat the LORDhad commanded[him] to speakto allthe people,the priestsand the prophetsand allthe peopleseizedhim, saying,"You mustdie!
The wordsof Jeremiahthe sonof Hilkiah,of the priestswhowere in Anathothin the landof Benjamin,
Behold,Hanamelthe sonof Shallumyour uncleis comingto you, saying,"Buyfor yourself my fieldwhichis at Anathoth,for you have the rightof redemptionto buy[it]."'
I will givethem into the handof their enemiesand into the handof those who seektheir life.And their deadbodieswill be foodfor the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the earth.
"They will fightagainstyou, but they will not overcomeyou, for I am with you to deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
