Jeremiah 28:3-13

3 'Within two years I am going to bring back to this place ¹all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

4 'I am ²also going to bring back to this place ³Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the ⁴exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the ⁵yoke 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 ⁶house of the LORD,

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "⁷Amen! 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 ⁸hear 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 ⁹prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.

9 "The prophet who prophesies of peace, ¹⁰when 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 ¹¹yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "¹²Thus 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 ¹³word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

13 "Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them ¹⁴yokes of iron."

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Jeremiah 28:3-13 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. 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:16; Daniel 1:2
2. Jeremiah 22:26, 27
3. 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 24:1
4. Jeremiah 22:10
5. Jeremiah 27:8
6. Jeremiah 28:1
7. 1 Kings 1:36; Psalms 41:13; Jeremiah 11:5
8. 1 Kings 22:28
9. 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
10. Deuteronomy 18:22
11. Jeremiah 27:2
12. Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:10; Jeremiah 28:15
13. Jeremiah 1:2
14. Psalms 107:16; Isaiah 45:2

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[a]. Or "fulfill"

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Jeremiah 28:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28

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