When the priests and the people heard the message that Jeremiah delivered to them in the name of the Lord, they were very angry and declared that he should die. They were boisterous in their denunciations of him, crying: “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.” Thus was the message of God despised and the servant with whom He entrusted it threatened with death. The priests, the unfaithful prophets, and all the people turned in wrath upon him who would not speak to them smooth things and prophesy deceit. {4T 167.1}

Da præsterne og folket hørte budskabet Jeremias overbragte dem i Herrens navn, blev de vrede og erklærede han skulle dø. De blev højrøstede i deres anklager mod ham og råbte: »Hvor tør du profetere i Herrens navn og sige: Det skal gå dette hus som Silo og denne by skal ødelægges, så ingen bor der!« Og alt folket stimlede sammen om Jeremias i Herrens hus.« Således blev Guds budskab foragtet og den tjener han betroede det truet med døden. Præsterne, upålidelige profeter og hele folket vende sig i vrede mod ham, som ikke ville sige behagelige ting til dem og profetere falsk.