Jeremiah 26:8

“Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking, etc.] For they let him alone till he had done, either out of reverence of him as a priest and prophet; or they were awed by a secret influence on their minds that they might not disturb him: all that the Lord had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people; he did as he was ordered, kept back nothing, not fearing the resentment of the people, but fearing God: that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, took him; the priests and the prophets were the leading men in this action; they stirred up the people against him, and through their instigation he was seized and laid hold on: saying, thou shall surely die;…”

“priests--The captain (or prefect) of the temple had the power of apprehending offenders in the temple with the sanction of the priests. prophets--the false prophets. The charge against Jeremiah was that of uttering falsehood in Jehovah's name, an act punishable with death (Deu 18:20). His prophecy against the temple and city (Jer 26:11) might speciously be represented as contradicting God's own words (Psa 132:14). Compare the similar charge against Stephen (Act 6:13-14).”

“the priests: Jer 2:30, Jer 11:19-21, Jer 12:5, Jer 12:6, Jer 18:18, Jer 20:1, Jer 20:2, Jer 20:8-11; Ch2 36:16; Lam 4:13, Lam 4:14; Mat 21:35-39, Mat 22:6, Mat 23:31-35, Mat 26:3, Mat 26:4, Mat 26:59-66; Act 5:33, Act 7:52; Rev 18:24 Jeremiah 26:9”