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 you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the jungle of the Jordan?

For I heard the mocking of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my friends watched for my fall, saying, Perhaps he will be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises 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 the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the 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 the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the king's house.

Prophesy not, they say to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not be shamed.

Thou

Now Pashhur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

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

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

And the remnant took his servants, and treated them shamefully, and slew them.

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you 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 outside of Jerusalem.

You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.

General references

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