Jeremiah 28
World English Bible (WEB) • 17 verses
1That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3Within two full years I will bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
Related2 Kings 24:13 · 2 Chronicles 36:10 · Daniel 1:2 · Psalms 90:10 · Genesis 47:28 · Jeremiah 27:16-22
4I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says the LORD; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
RelatedJeremiah 22:24 · Jeremiah 24:1 · 2 Kings 25:27-30 · Jeremiah 28:2 · Nahum 1:13 · Jeremiah 2:20
5Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the LORD’s house,
6even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the LORD do so. May the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.
RelatedPsalms 41:13 · 1 Kings 1:36 · Jeremiah 11:5 · Revelation 5:14 · 2 Corinthians 1:20 · Jeremiah 17:16
7Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
Related1 Kings 22:28
8The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
Related1 Kings 17:1 · 1 Kings 22:8 · Deuteronomy 4:26-27 · 1 Samuel 2:27-32 · Joel 1:2-20 · Isaiah 13:18
9As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet happens, then the prophet will be known, that the LORD has truly sent him.”
RelatedDeuteronomy 18:22 · Jeremiah 6:14 · Jeremiah 8:11 · Ezekiel 13:10-16 · Jeremiah 14:13 · Jeremiah 4:10
10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
RelatedJeremiah 27:2 · Jeremiah 28:2 · Jeremiah 28:4 · 1 Kings 22:11 · 1 Kings 22:24-25 · Malachi 3:13
11Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “The LORD says: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Related2 Chronicles 18:22-23 · Proverbs 14:7 · Jeremiah 14:14 · 1 Kings 22:11-12 · Jeremiah 29:9 · Jeremiah 27:2-12
12Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘The LORD says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
14For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. I have also given him the animals of the field.”’”
RelatedDeuteronomy 28:48 · Jeremiah 27:6-7 · Deuteronomy 4:20 · Revelation 17:12-13 · Daniel 2:38 · Jeremiah 25:9-26
15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
RelatedJeremiah 14:14-15 · Jeremiah 27:15 · Jeremiah 23:21 · Ezekiel 13:2-3 · Ezekiel 22:28 · Lamentations 2:14
16Therefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.’”
RelatedJeremiah 29:32 · Genesis 7:4 · Deuteronomy 6:15 · 1 Kings 13:34 · Jeremiah 20:6 · Exodus 32:12
17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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