First Reading
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
11And the priests and the prophets spoke to the leaders, and to all the people, saying: The judgement of death is for this man: because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
12Then Jeremias spoke to all the leaders, and to all the people, saying: The Lord sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city all the words you have heard.
13Now therefore amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will repent of the evil that he has said against you.
14But as for me, look I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes:
15But know you, and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves, and against this city, and the inhabitants thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me to you, to speak all these words in your hearing.
16Then the leaders, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgement of death for this man: for he has said to us in the name of the Lord our God.
24So the hand of Ahicam the son of Saphan was with Jeremias, that he should not be rescued into the hands of the people, to put him to death.