John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 26:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes, and to all the people, etc.] The priests and the prophets they were the accusers; the princes were the court before whom the cause was brought; and the people were the hearers of it; though it does not seem as if they were a sort of jury, or had any vote in determining; though they sometimes had in instigating a court, and the judges of it, to take on the side of the question they were for: saying, this man [is] worthy to die; or, “the judgment of death [is] to this man”f537; he is guilty of a capital crime, and judgment ought to be given against him, and he condemned to die: for he hath prophesied against this city; the city of Jerusalem; saying that it should be a curse to other nations; or, as they interpreted it, that it should be utterly destroyed, and become desolate, and none should inhabit it: as ye have heard with your ears; this must be directed to the people only; for the princes did not hear Jeremiah’s prophecy.

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