Jeremias 28:5

5 For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.

Jeremias 28:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 28:5

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah
The false prophet, as he is called by the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic versions: in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people
that stood in the house of the Lord;
waiting and worshipping in the temple; and said boldly and before them all, in answer to Hananiah's prophecy, what follows.

Jeremias 28:5 In-Context

3 Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armour put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.

4 And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through shall fall without it.

5 For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.

6 Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompence.

7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.