Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then some of the elders of the land rose up. And they spoke to the entire assembly of the people, saying: "
— Jeremiah 26:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,”
“Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, ”
“Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,”
“Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,”
“And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:”
“Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,”
“Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,”
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do to me what is good and right in your eyes.
Yet truly, know and understand this: if you kill me, you will be bringing innocent blood against yourselves, and against this city and its inhabitants. For in truth, the Lord sent me to you, so as to speak all these words in your hearing.”
And then the leaders and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “There is no judgment of death against this man. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
Then some of the elders of the land rose up. And they spoke to the entire assembly of the people, saying:
“Micah from Moresheth was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: Zion will be ploughed like a field. And Jerusalem will be a pile of stones. And the mountain of the house will be like the forests of high places.’
Did the king of Judah, Hezekiah, with all of Judah, condemn him to death? Did they not fear the Lord, and petition the face of the Lord? And so the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them. Therefore, we are committing a great evil against our own souls.
Likewise, there was a man prophesying in the name of the Lord: Uriah, the son of Shemaiah, of Kiriath-jearim. And he prophesied against this city and against this land, in accord with all the words of Jeremiah.