JEREMIAH 26

THE PEOPLE WANT TO KILL JEREMIAH 

God led Jeremiah to stand at the temple and bring a message calling the people of Judah to worship God alone. This event is either a similar speech to Jeremiah’s earlier temple speech in Jeremiah 7 or a retelling of that event.

Jeremiah tells of Judah’s coming destruction and announces that the temple will be destroyed. Although it was not always used in a way that honored God, the people of Judah were proud of the temple as their landmark, and news of it being destroyed was upsetting and offensive.

The leaders of Israel wanted to kill Jeremiah for slander, but the court officials stopped them. Jeremiah was compared to the prophet Micah, who also shared God’s message of warning and call to repentance.