Jeremiah 26:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Ye shall

For of

Jeremiah 26:12

General references

Exodus 20:13

Jeremiah 30:1

Bible References

Ye shall

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!

But Reuben replied: “Didn’t I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have taken part with them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’

and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!

For of

Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and the people, “The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.

General references

Do not murder.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.