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Jeremiah 36:10
Then Baruch read to all the people from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper courtyard, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.
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2 Kings 15 35
Only the high places were not eliminated; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.
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Jeremiah 36:12-19
he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there— Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.And Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people.Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, who was the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying,“ Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.And they said to him,“ Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.When they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another. And they said to Baruch,“ We will certainly report all these words to the king.”Then they asked Baruch, saying,“ Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”And Baruch said to them,“ He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.”Then the officials said to Baruch,“ Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”
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Jeremiah 26:16-17
Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets,“ No death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
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Jeremiah 26:24
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people to put him to death.
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Ezekiel 22:27
Her leaders within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to make dishonest profit.
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Jeremiah 36:25
Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
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Jeremiah 38:4-6
Then the officials said to the king,“ Please have this man put to death, since he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking words like these to them; for this man is not seeking the well being of this people, but rather their harm.”And King Zedekiah said,“ Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you.”So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
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Jeremiah 34:19
the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the high officials and the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf—
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Jeremiah 37:14-16
But Jeremiah said,“ A lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it into the prison.For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
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Ezekiel 22:6
“ Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood.