and as soon as I had finished all that the LORD had commanded me to speak, they grabbed me and shouted, "You ought to be killed for this!

So then, remember this: you will die in war or of starvation or disease in the land where you want to go and live."

Seraiah, when you finish reading this book to the people, then tie it to a rock and throw it into the Euphrates River

But the LORD said to me, "Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say.

Get ready, Jeremiah; go and tell them everything I command you to say. Do not be afraid of them now, or I will make you even more afraid when you are with them.

the LORD said to me, "Stand in the court of the Temple and proclaim all I have commanded you to say to the people who come from the towns of Judah to worship there. Do not leave out anything.

Pray that the LORD our God will show us the way we should go and what we should do."

Then they said to me, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not obey all the commands that the LORD our God gives you for us.

Moses went and told the people all the LORD's commands and all the ordinances, and all the people answered together, "We will do everything that the LORD has said."

Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king everything that the LORD had said to him.

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."

"Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new life."

For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.