Jeremiah 26:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

The king sought

Mark 6:19

He was

General references

Jeremiah 36:19

Matthew 21:35

Bible References

The king sought

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison [in the stocks], for he was enraged with him because of this. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.

Although Herod wished to have him put to death, he feared the people, for they regarded John as a prophet.

Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not,

He was

Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets [of Baal] with the sword.

The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in and puts his confidence in the Lord will be exalted and safe.

“When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].

General references

Then the princes said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”

But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.