Jeremias 28:19-29

19 Not such is Jacob's portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
20 Thou scatterest for me the weapons of war: and I will scatter nations by thee, and will destroy kings by means of thee.
21 And by thee I will scatter the horse and his rider; and by thee I will scatter chariots and them that ride in them.
22 And by thee I will scatter youth and maid; and by thee I will scatter man and woman.
23 And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.
24 And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell all their mischiefs that they have done to Sion before your eyes, saith the Lord.
25 Behold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.
26 And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.
27 Lift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and for the people of Achanaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.
28 Bring up nations against her, the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.
29 The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.

Jeremias 28:19-29 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.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.