Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people kill him? No! Instead, Hezekiah feared the LORD and pleaded with the LORD, and the LORD changed his mind about the disaster he had planned to bring on them. If we kill Jeremiah, we might bring terrible consequences on ourselves.
The writer is arguing that killing God's prophet would be a terrible mistake, pointing to how King Hezekiah listened to a prophet instead of killing him and was blessed for it.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Jeremiah's trial before the religious leaders who wanted to execute him for prophesying against Jerusalem. The speaker is referring to the prophet Micah, who centuries earlier had prophesied doom against Jerusalem during King Hezekiah's reign. Instead of killing Micah, Hezekiah repented and God spared the city, providing a powerful precedent for how they should treat Jeremiah.
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