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 though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him,'say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

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

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

Prophesy

that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

Thou

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,

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

and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

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

Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow 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

And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.