Jeremiah 11:21

New International Reader's Version

The Lord says, “Jeremiah, here is what I am telling you about the people of Anathoth. They say they’re going to kill you. They are saying, ‘Don’t prophesy in the Lord’s name. If you do, we will kill you with our own hands.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see any more visions!’ They say to the prophets, ‘Don’t give us any more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy things we want to hear even if they aren’t true.

Jeremiah 1:1

These are the words Jeremiah received from the Lord. Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah. Jeremiah was one of the priests at Anathoth. That’s a town in the territory of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you. But they will not win the battle over you. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many people whispering, “There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

Jeremiah 26:8

Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say. But as soon as he did, the priests, the prophets and all the people grabbed him. They said, “You must die!

Jeremiah 32:7

‘Hanamel is going to come to you. He is the son of your uncle Shallum. Hanamel will say, “Buy my field at Anathoth. You are my closest relative. So it’s your right and duty to buy it.” ’

Jeremiah 34:20

So I will hand over all those people to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

Amos 2:12

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine. You commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

Micah 7:6

Sons don’t honor their fathers. Daughters refuse to obey their mothers. Daughters-in-law are against their mothers-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own family.

Matthew 10:21

“Brothers will hand over brothers to be killed. Fathers will hand over their children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 21:35

“But the renters grabbed his slaves. They beat one of them. They killed another. They threw stones at the third to kill him.

Matthew 22:6

The rest grabbed his slaves. They treated them badly and then killed them.

Luke 4:24

“What I’m about to tell you is true,” he continued. “A prophet is not accepted in his hometown.