Jeremiah 26 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 26
Jeremiah 26
Hebrew source: BHS26 • chapter 26
Greek source: LXX33 • chapter 33
Verse 26:1 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:1] At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from YHWH, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:1] At the beginning of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah, this word came from the Lord:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks of Judah and saying. This Hebrew chapter corresponds to Greek chapter thirty-three; each source reference is displayed separately.
Verse 26:2 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:2] Thus says YHWH: Stand in the courtyard of YHWH's house and speak to all Judah's cities coming to bow down in YHWH's house all the words I commanded you to speak to them. Do not omit a word.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:2] Thus said the Lord: Stand in the courtyard of the Lord's house and deliver an oracle to all the Judeans and all who come to bow down in the Lord's house—all the words I commanded you to deliver to them. Do not take away a word.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew cities represents their visiting inhabitants; Greek explicitly says Judeans and adds a second all-who-come group. Greek uses oracular speech rather than ordinary speaking.
Verse 26:3 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:3] Perhaps they will hear and turn, each from his evil way, and I will relent concerning the disaster I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:3] Perhaps they will hear and turn, each from his evil way, and I will cease from the evils I plan to do to them because of their evil practices.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek ceasing differs from Hebrew relenting but retains the conditional response.
Verse 26:4 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:4] Say to them: Thus says YHWH: If you will not hear Me, walking in My instruction that I set before you,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:4] And say: Thus said the Lord: If you do not hear Me, walking in My ordinances that I set before your face,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek plural ordinances differs from Hebrew singular torah, instruction.
Verse 26:5 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:5] listening to the words of My servants the prophets whom I send to you, rising early and sending—though you have not listened—
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:5] listening to the words of My servants the prophets whom I send to you from early morning, and have sent—though you did not listen to Me—
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly adds Me to the refused hearing.
Verse 26:6 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:6] then I will make this house like Shiloh and make this city a curse to all the earth's nations.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:6] then I will make this house like Shiloh and make the city a curse to all the nations of all the earth.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both threaten the sanctuary and city through the Shiloh comparison.
Verse 26:7 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:7] The priests, prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in YHWH's house.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:7] And the priests, false prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly labels the opposing prophets false; Hebrew leaves them prophets here and in the subsequent trial references.
Verse 26:8 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:8] When Jeremiah finished speaking all that YHWH commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests, prophets, and all the people seized him, saying: You must die!
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:8] And when Jeremiah stopped speaking everything the Lord commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests, false prophets, and all the people seized him, saying: You must die!
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek again explicitly says false prophets; the death demand agrees.
Verse 26:9 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:9] Why have you prophesied in YHWH's name, saying, This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be ruined without an inhabitant? All the people gathered against Jeremiah in YHWH's house.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:9] Because you prophesied in the Lord's name, saying, This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be emptied of inhabitants. And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the Lord's house.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek gives the reason for the death demand, whereas Hebrew asks why he prophesied.
Verse 26:10 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:10] Judah's officials heard these words and went up from the king's house to YHWH's house. They sat at the entrance of YHWH's New Gate.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:10] And Judah's rulers heard this word and went up from the king's house to the Lord's house. They sat before the Lord's New Gate.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both narrate the officials' arrival and judicial seating.
Verse 26:11 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:11] The priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people: A death judgment for this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your own ears!
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:11] And the priests and false prophets said to the rulers and all the people: A death judgment for this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your own ears!
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek's false-prophet designation persists.
Verse 26:12 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:12] Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people: YHWH sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you heard.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:12] And Jeremiah said to the rulers and all the people: The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all these words you heard.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both ground the defense in the divine commission.
Verse 26:13 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:13] Now make your ways and deeds good, and obey the voice of YHWH your God, so that YHWH will relent concerning the disaster He spoke against you.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:13] And now make your ways and works better and hear the Lord's voice, and the Lord will cease from the evils He spoke against you.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks your God and uses ceasing rather than relenting, as in 26:3.
Verse 26:14 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:14] As for me, look, I am in your hands. Do to me what is good and right in your eyes.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:14] And look, I am in your hands. Do to me what is advantageous and better for you.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek advantageous and better for you differs from Hebrew good and right in your eyes.
Verse 26:15 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:15] Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you are placing innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants. For YHWH truly sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:15] But know for certain that if you kill me, you place innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants, because the Lord truly sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both state the consequence of killing the commissioned speaker.
Verse 26:16 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:16] The officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets: This man does not deserve a death judgment, for he spoke to us in the name of YHWH our God.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:16] And the rulers and all the people said to the priests and false prophets: There is no death judgment for this man, because he spoke to us in the name of the Lord our God.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek still calls the opponents false prophets; the favorable verdict agrees.
Verse 26:17 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:17] Some of the land's elders rose and said to the whole assembly of the people:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:17] And men from the land's elders rose and said to the whole congregation of the people:
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both introduce a precedent from Micah.
Verse 26:18 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:18] Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all Judah's people: Thus says YHWH of hosts: Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become heaps, and the house's mountain wooded high places.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:18] Micah the Morathite lived in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all Judah's people: Thus said the Lord: Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become an untrodden place, and the house's mountain a grove of woodland.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks prophesying and of hosts, and has untrodden place and grove rather than heaps and high places. The quoted prophecy is translated as it stands here, without substituting wording from Micah's separate text.
Verse 26:19 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear YHWH and entreat YHWH's favor, so that YHWH relented concerning the disaster He spoke against them? But we are doing great evil against our own lives!
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:19] Did Hezekiah and all Judah kill him? Was it not that they feared the Lord and entreated the Lord's face, and the Lord ceased from the evils He spoke against them? And we have done great evils against our own lives!
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek makes fear and entreaty plural and describes completed evil; Hebrew has singular he and ongoing doing. Hebrew entreating the face is rendered favor, with Greek's face image retained.
Verse 26:20 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:20] There was also a man prophesying in YHWH's name, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and this land according to all Jeremiah's words.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:20] And there was a man prophesying in the Lord's name, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied concerning this land according to all Jeremiah's words.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the explicit city. The shift to the Uriah account is retained without asserting whether it remains inside the elders' speech.
Verse 26:21 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:21] King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. Uriah heard, became afraid, fled, and came to Egypt.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:21] And King Jehoiakim and all the rulers heard all his words and sought to kill him. Uriah heard and entered Egypt.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the warriors, fear, and flight, and makes the pursuing agents plural rather than the king alone.
Verse 26:22 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:22] King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt—Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him—to Egypt.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:22] And the king sent men to Egypt,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Jehoiakim's repeated name and the named envoy with his companions.
Verse 26:23 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:23] They brought Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim. He struck him with the sword and threw his corpse into the graves of the common people.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:23] and they brought him out from there and brought him to the king. He struck him with the sword and threw him into the tomb of the sons of his people.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks repeated proper names and corpse, has singular tomb, and adds his to the people phrase. Hebrew sons of the people is provisionally common people, not a named family.
Verse 26:24 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[26:24] But Ahikam son of Shaphan's hand was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the people's hand to be put to death.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[33:24] Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan's hand was with Jeremiah, so that he was not handed into the people's hands and they did not kill him.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both conclude with Ahikam's protective support.