Jeremiah 11:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

That seek

Luke 4:24

Prophesy

Thou

Acts 7:51

General references

Mark 6:4

Bible References

That seek

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which thou didst trust, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

For I heard the murmuring of many, fear on every side, Report, and we will report it. All my friends watched to see if I would stumble. Peradventure he will deceive himself, they said, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

For the son dishonours the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies are those of his own house.

And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

Prophesy

Who say to those that see, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy right things unto us, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

but do not prophesy any more in Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and the head of the kingdom.

Do not prophesy, they say to those that prophesy: Do not prophesy unto them that they are to understand shame.

Thou

And Pashur the priest, the son of Immer, who presided as prince in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah who prophesied these things.

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

And the husbandmen took his slaves and beat one and killed another and stoned another.

and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

General references

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not dishonoured except in his own country and among his own kin and in his own house.