Jeremiah 28:6-16

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "¹Amen! 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 ²hear 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 ³prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.

9 "The prophet who prophesies of peace, ⁴when 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 ⁵yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "⁶Thus 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 ⁷word 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 ⁸yokes of iron."

14 'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "I have put a ⁹yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will ¹⁰serve him. And ¹¹I have also given him the beasts of the field.""'

15 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and ¹²you have made this people trust in a lie.

16 "Therefore thus says the LORD, '¹³Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to ¹⁴die, because you have ¹⁵counseled rebellion against the LORD.' "

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Jeremiah 28:6-16 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 15

1. 1 Kings 1:36; Psalms 41:13; Jeremiah 11:5
2. 1 Kings 22:28
3. 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
4. Deuteronomy 18:22
5. Jeremiah 27:2
6. Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:10; Jeremiah 28:15
7. Jeremiah 1:2
8. Psalms 107:16; Isaiah 45:2
9. Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 27:8
10. Jeremiah 25:11
11. Jeremiah 27:6
12. Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:31; Lamentations 2:14; Ezek 13:2, 3, 22; Ezekiel 22:28; Zechariah 13:3
13. Genesis 7:4; Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 6:15; 1 Kings 13:34
14. Jeremiah 20:6
15. Deuteronomy 13:5; Jeremiah 29:32

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "fulfill"
[b]. Lit "send you away"
[c]. Lit "spoken"

Jeremiah 28:6-16

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Jeremiah 28:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28

Cross References 15

Footnotes 3