“Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 26 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.