12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials(A) and all the people: “The Lord sent me to prophesy(B) against this house and this city all the things you have heard.(C) 13 Now reform(D) your ways and your actions and obey(E) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent(F) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, I am in your hands;(G) do with me whatever you think is good and right. 15 Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood(H) on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words(I) in your hearing.”

16 Then the officials(J) and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death!(K) He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

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12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.

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