“When Jeremiah had finished
Speaking everything
That Yahweh had commanded him
To speak
To all the people,
Then the priests,
The prophets,
With all the people
Laid hold of him.
Saying.
‘You shall die!
Why have you prophesied
In the name of Yahweh?
Saying.
‘This house shall be
Like Shiloh.
This city shall be desolate,
Without inhabitants.’
All the people gathered
Around Jeremiah
In the house of Yahweh.”
When Jeremiah had finished speaking what Yahweh had asked him to say to the people of Judah, the priests and the prophets were upset. They said that Jeremiah should die. Why had he prophesied in the name of Yahweh? Why did he compare Jerusalem to Shiloh? Why did he say that Jerusalem would be an abandoned city? Thus all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the Temple to confront him.