en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/27/09.md

This continues the account of how Judas killed himself.

Then that which had been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying

"The prophet Jeremiah spoke this prophecy, and it had come true; he had said" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

people of Israel

the Israelite religious leaders (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

directed me

directed "Jeremiah the prophet" (27:9)