1
The elders disputed among themselves concerning Yirmeyahu.
2
Some said, “He weakens the hands of the people and speaks surrender.”
3
Others said, “He speaks what the prophets have always spoken: that Covenant violation has consequence.”
4
Yirmeyahu continued to warn the king not to trust the words of those promising shalom where there was no shalom.
5
He declared that the king of Bavel would come, not because the elohim of the nations were greater than Yahuah, but because Yahuah would use the foreign ruler as an instrument of judgment.
6
The people were enraged by this word.