Jeremiah 26

Now it happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You will surely die! v.8

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"Don't shoot the messenger!" A well known metaphoric phrase used to describe the act of blaming the bearer of bad news.  The second Jeremiah was done proclaiming God's words the people declare Jeremiah must die and seize him.  God said through Jeremiah that He would make their city a curse to all the nations if they did not listen and heed the Law He gave them as well as what He was speaking through the prophets (as they were not doing).  Jeremiah is kind of like God's policeman in a way.  The penalty for killing an officer today is a capitol felony punishable by death or life in prison.   So killing one of God's messengers, in this case Jeremiah, they would bring innocent blood on themselves, on the city and all the inhabitants (v.15).  Many people hate police because if they get caught breaking the law by a police they blame them for carrying out the justice due, when ultimately their sin was found out and they don't want to have to live up to the consequences so take it out on the one enforcing the law.  
What's your view of police today (there are some bad cops just as there were false prophets during Jeremiah's time)?  How do you respond to someone speaking hard truths of God's word about certain sins (i.e. homosexuality, divorce, lying, pride)?