Jeremiah 28:2-12

2 "¹Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 'Within two years I am going to bring back to this place ²all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

4 'I am ³also going to bring back to this place ⁴Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the ⁵exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the ⁶yoke of the king of Babylon.' "

5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who were standing in the ⁷house of the LORD,

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "⁸Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD confirm your words which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place.

7 "Yet ⁹hear now this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people!

8 "The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times ¹⁰prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.

9 "The prophet who prophesies of peace, ¹¹when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the ¹²yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "¹³Thus says the LORD, 'Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.' " Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

12 The ¹⁴word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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Jeremiah 28:2-12 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

1. Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 28:11
2. 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:16; Daniel 1:2
3. Jeremiah 22:26, 27
4. 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 24:1
5. Jeremiah 22:10
6. Jeremiah 27:8
7. Jeremiah 28:1
8. 1 Kings 1:36; Psalms 41:13; Jeremiah 11:5
9. 1 Kings 22:28
10. Leviticus 26:14-39; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 22:17; Isaiah 5:5-7; Joel 1:20; Amos 1:2; Nahum 1:2
11. Deuteronomy 18:22
12. Jeremiah 27:2
13. Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:10; Jeremiah 28:15
14. Jeremiah 1:2

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[a]. Or "fulfill"

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Jeremiah 28:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28

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