“Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.”
The priests and prophets address the officials claiming that Jeremiah deserves death because he has prophesied against this place. The claim that the prophecy makes him worthy of death shows that the opposition views the message itself as capital offense. The religious authorities speak against the prophet, making the incident a religious conflict. The verse shows institutional religion mobilized against the prophet.
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