4. Tell them that I have said:You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.
5. Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me straight away,
6. I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name “Jerusalem” as a curse word.
7. The prophets, the priests, and everyone else in the temple heard what I said,
10. The royal officers heard what had happened, and they came from the palace to the new gate of the temple to be the judges at my trial.
11. While they listened, the priests and the prophets said to the crowd, “All of you have heard Jeremiah prophesy that Jerusalem will be destroyed. He deserves the death penalty.”