The Lord Said: "Don't Kill the Messenger!"

 Jeremiah 25:16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.” 17 And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying, 18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“‘Zion shall be plowed as a field;
    Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
    and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?'"

As we have seen, Jeremiah had a tough job: preaching repentance when he knew up front they would not repent. Because of his message of judgment, he faced much persecution and mistreatment - even the threat of death.  But God spared him - not because he himself pleaded for mercy, but some were able to see what was going on and spoke up on his behalf.  Do we stand up in defense of those who speak up for God?