But Jeremiah said to Irijah, “That’s not true! I am not leaving to join the Babylonians.” Irijah refused to listen to Jeremiah, so he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officers of Jerusalem.
So I sent him back this answer: “Nothing you are saying is really happening. You are just making it up in your own mind.”
Do not hand me over to my enemies, because they tell lies about me and say they will hurt me.
Men without mercy stand up to testify. They ask me things I do not know.
“How terrible when everyone says only good things about you, because their ancestors said the same things about the false prophets.
but answer in a gentle way and with respect. Keep a clear conscience so that those who speak evil of your good life in Christ will be made ashamed.