Jeremiah 26:9

“Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, etc.] Made use of his name in declaring a falsehood, as they would have it; this was the crime: had he said what he thought fit to say in his own name, they suggest it would not have been so bad; but to vent his own imaginations in the name of the Lord, this they judged wicked and blasphemous, and deserving of death; especially since what he said was against their city and temple: saying, this house shall be like Shiloh; forsaken and destroyed; that is, the temple: and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? so they wrested his words; for this he did not say, only that it should be a curse to all the nations of the earth: and all…”

“The charge against Jeremiah was that of prophesying falsely, for which the penalty was death Deuteronomy 18:20. They assumed that it was absolutely impossible that Jerusalem ever could become like Shiloh. Against Jeremiah - unto Jeremiah. They regularly constituted themselves a congregation to take part in his trial. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Why: Ch2 25:16; Isa 29:21, Isa 30:9-11; Amo 5:10, Amo 7:10-13; Mic 2:6; Mat 21:23; Act 4:17-19, Act 5:28, Act 6:14 And all: Mat 27:20; Mar 15:11; Act 13:50, Act 16:19-22, Act 17:5-8, Act 19:24-32, Act 21:30; Act 22:22 in the: Joh 8:20, Joh 8:59 Jeremiah 26:10”