“Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.”
The statement that Jeremiah spoke in the name of the LORD saying "This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate without inhabitant" quotes the message that triggered opposition. The specific words—the threat to the temple and city—are identified as the offensive content. The identification of Jeremiah as speaking in the LORD's name indicates that the opposition is not to a private opinion but to claimed prophetic authority. The verse shows what specific words trigger the death demand.
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