“Then the officials
With all the people
Said to the priests
As well as the prophets.
‘This man does not deserve
The sentence of death.
He has spoken to us
In the name of Yahweh,
Our God.’”
After the defense of Jeremiah by himself, the royal officials and the rest of the people told the priests and the prophets that Jeremiah did not deserve to be put to death. He had only spoken to them in the name of Yahweh, their God. Let him be!
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 