Jeremiah 28:5

5 Prophet Jeremiah stood up to Prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people who were in God's Temple that day.

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 28:5 In-Context

3 Before two years are out I'll have all the furnishings of God's Temple back here, all the things that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon plundered and hauled off to Babylon.
4 I'll also bring back Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the exiles who were taken off to Babylon.' God's Decree. 'Yes, I will break the king of Babylon's yoke. You'll no longer be in harness to him.'"
5 Prophet Jeremiah stood up to Prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people who were in God's Temple that day.
6 Prophet Jeremiah said, "Wonderful! Would that it were true - that God would validate your preaching by bringing the Temple furnishings and all the exiles back from Babylon.
7 But listen to me, listen closely. Listen to what I tell both you and all the people here today:
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