Jeremiah 28:1-7

Hananiah's False Prophecy

1 Now in the same year, ¹in the beginning of the reign of ²Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, ³Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from ⁴Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,

2 "⁵Thus 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 ⁶all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

4 'I am ⁷also going to bring back to this place ⁸Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the ⁹exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the ¹⁰yoke 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 ¹¹house of the LORD,

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "¹²Amen! 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 ¹³hear now this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people!

Jeremiah 28:1-7 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 27:1; Jeremiah 49:34
• 2. 2 Kings 24:18-20; 2 Chronicles 36:11-13; Jeremiah 27:3, 12
• 3. Jeremiah 28:17
• 4. Joshua 9:3; Joshua 10:12; 1 Kings 3:4
• 5. Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 28:11
• 6. 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:16; Daniel 1:2
• 7. Jeremiah 22:26, 27
• 8. 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 24:1
• 9. Jeremiah 22:10
• 10. Jeremiah 27:8
• 11. Jeremiah 28:1
• 12. 1 Kings 1:36; Psalms 41:13; Jeremiah 11:5
• 13. 1 Kings 22:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fulfill"