- 首領和眾民就對祭司、先知說、這人是不該死的、因為他是奉耶和華我們 神的名、向我們說話。
- 國中的長老、就有幾個人起來、對聚會的眾民說、
- 當猶大王希西家的日子、有摩利沙人彌迦對猶大眾人豫言說、萬軍之耶和華如此說、錫安必被耕種像一塊田、耶路撒冷必變為亂堆、這殿的山必像叢林的高處。
- 猶大王希西家、和猶大眾人、豈是把他治死呢、希西家豈不是敬畏耶和華、懇求他的恩麼.耶和華就後悔、不把自己所說的災禍降與他們.若治死這人、我們就作了大惡、自害己命。
- 又有一個人奉耶和華的名說豫言、是基列耶琳人示瑪雅的兒子烏利亞、他照耶利米的一切話說豫言、攻擊這城和這地。
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- Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."
- Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people,
- "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: " 'Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.'
- "Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah fear the LORD and seek his favor? And did not the LORD relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!"
- (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the LORD; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.
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