Then the priests and the false prophets said to the princes and to all the people, The judgment of death [is due] to this man, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

And King Jehoiakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to kill him; and Urijah heard [it] and went to Egypt.

and they brought him out, and brought him into the king; and he struck him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulcher of the children of his people.

And he went down to the king's house, into the house of the scribe. And behold, there were sitting there all the princes, Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Jonathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

And all the princes sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch took the scroll, and went down to them.

And it came to pass, when they heard all the words, [that] they took counsel each with his neighbor, and said, Let us by all means tell the king all these words.

And they conspired against him, and stoned him by command of King Joash in the court of the Lord's house.

Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.

And He shall say, Hear now these words, you heads of the house of Jacob, and you remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?

even as they devoured the flesh of My people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,

[ 3:1A] Alas the glorious and ransomed city.

Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morning.

And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? Depart, each of you, to your works.

And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to Elijah, Are you he that perverts Israel?

And Elijah said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is you and your father's house, in that you forsake the Lord your God, and you have gone after the Baals.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said, I have found [you]; because you have wickedly sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger;

Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up to us from you, have come to Jerusalem, the rebellious and wicked city which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they have established the foundations of it.

For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words.

And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this [Man] perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."

But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

If we leave Him alone in this way, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and will take away both our place and our nation."

nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish."

And bringing them to the magistrates they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city;

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out, "The men who have upset the whole world, these have come here, too;

For [we] have found this man [to] be a plague, and [one] causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect,

But we request to hear from you the things which you think; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

And seek the peace of the land into which I have carried you captive, and you shall pray to the Lord for the people: for in its peace you shall [have] peace.