And Jeremiah said, “It is false; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.
Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.