When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You must die!

“Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,

“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and

speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence.”

But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name.”

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,

They shall not prophesy

We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.

That they

“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.

“They heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.