Jeremiah 28:1-6

Hananiah the False Prophet

1 In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of ¹Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of ²Azzur, the prophet from ³Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,

2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ⁴I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 ⁵Within ⁶two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

4 I will also bring back to this place ⁷Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the LORD, ⁸for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."

5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD,

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, ⁹"Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the LORD, and all the exiles.

Jeremiah 28:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28

Thus chapter relates a false prophecy of Hananiah, who broke off the yoke from Jeremiah; but in return the people are threatened with an iron yoke, and he with death; which came to pass. The time, place, and substance of his prophecy, are in Jer 28:1-4; Jeremiah's answer to it, Jer 28:5-9; Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke, and explains the meaning of it to the people, Jer 28:10,11; Jeremiah prophesies that iron yokes should be given instead of wooden ones, Jer 28:12-14; and foretells the death of the false prophet, Jer 28:15-17.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 27:12
• 2. Ezekiel 11:1
• 3. Joshua 9:3; Joshua 21:17
• 4. [Jeremiah 27:2, 11, 12]
• 5. Jeremiah 27:16
• 6. ver. 11
• 7. [Jeremiah 22:10, 12, 26]
• 8. [See ver. 2 above]
• 9. 1 Kings 1:36