Jeremiah 26 · Verse 8

Jeremiah 26:8

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jeremiah 26:8, King James Version

Jeremiah 26:8 in other translations

BSBand as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
WEBWhen Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!
ASVAnd it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah's speaking all that Jehovah hath commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, Thou dost surely die,
DARBYAnd it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.
BBENow, when Jeremiah had come to the end of saying everything the Lord had given him orders to say to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people took him by force, saying, Death will certainly be your fate.
WebsterNow it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

What does Jeremiah 26:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. 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 (De 18:20). His prophecy against the temple and city (Jr 26:11) might speciously be represented as contradicting God's own words (Psa 132:14). Compare the similar charge against Stephen (Ac 6:13, 14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 And all the people - That were in company with the priests and the prophets.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 26:7-15

The priests and prophets charged Jeremiah as deserving death, and bore false witness against him. The elders of Israel came to inquire into this matter. Jeremiah declares that the Lord sent him to prophesy thus. As long as ministers keep close to the word they have from God, they need not fear. And those are very unjust who complain of ministers for preaching of hell and damnation; for it is from a desire to bring…

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Jeremiah 26:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֣י\׀vay.Hiand it wasH1961
כְּכַלּ֣וֹתke.kha.Lotwhen had finishedH3615
יִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
לְדַבֵּר֙le.da.Berto speakH1696
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
צִוָּ֣הtzi.Vahhe had commandedH6680
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְדַבֵּ֖רle.da.Berto speakH1696
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיִּתְפְּשׂ֨וּvai.yit.pe.Suand they seizedH8610
אֹת֜וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
הַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְהַנְּבִאִ֛יםve.ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophetsH5030
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לֵאמֹ֖רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
מ֥וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191
תָּמֽוּת\׃ta.Mutyou will dieH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 26:8

  • Lamentations 4:13-14

    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • Acts 5:33

    When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

  • Matthew 22:6

    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

  • Jeremiah 20:1-2

    Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.

  • Matthew 21:35-39

    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. …

  • Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • Matthew 26:3-4

    Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

  • Jeremiah 20:8-11

    For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  • Matthew 23:31-35

    Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the priests.
2:30; 11:19-21; 12:5,6; 18:18; 20:1,2,8-11; 2Ch 36:16; La 4:13,14
Mt 21:35-39; 22:6; 23:31-35; 26:3,4,59-66; Ac 5:33; 7:52; Re 18:24

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Context

  • Jeremiah 26:7

    So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 26:8

    Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

  • Jeremiah 26:9

    Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

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Jeremiah 26:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué que, acabando de hablar Jeremías todo lo que Jehová le había mandado que hablase á todo el pueblo, los sacerdotes y los profetas y todo el pueblo le echaron mano, diciendo: De cierto morirás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, comme Jérémie achevait de dire tout ce que l’ Éternel avait commandé de dire à tout le peuple, les sacrificateurs et les prophètes et tout le peuple le saisirent, disant: Tu mourras certainement!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als Jeremia alles zu Ende geredet, was Jehova geboten hatte, zu dem ganzen Volke zu reden, da ergriffen ihn die Priester und die Propheten und alles Volk und sprachen: Du mußt gewißlich sterben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque complesset Jeremias, loquens omnia quæ præceperat ei Dominus ut loqueretur ad universum populum, apprehenderunt eum sacerdotes, et prophetæ, et omnis populus, dicens: Morte moriatur.