Text: Jeremiah 26:1-2
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 7:1-2
Subject: dual accounts of the temple sermon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 7:1-2 and 26:1-2 introduce the same temple sermon from complementary angles. Both texts open with "the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD" (הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ, haddavar asher hayah el-Yirmeyahu) and the command to "stand in the court of the LORD's house" and speak "all the words I command you." The near-identical commissioning formula confirms these are two accounts of one event. Jeremiah 7 then records the sermon's theological content — warning against trusting in "the temple of the LORD" as a talisman (7:4) — while Jeremiah 26 records its political aftermath — the arrest, trial, and near-execution of the prophet. The dual framing reveals both the message and its cost.