Jeremiah 28:12-17

12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

13 “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron.

14 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.’ ”

15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.

16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’ ”

17 In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.

Jeremiah 28:12-17 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. S Deuteronomy 28:48; S Jeremiah 15:12
• 2. Jeremiah 25:11
• 3. Jeremiah 39:1; Daniel 1:1; Daniel 5:18
• 4. S Jeremiah 27:6
• 5. Jeremiah 29:31
• 6. S Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:21; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 13:6
• 7. S Genesis 7:4
• 8. Deuteronomy 18:20; Zechariah 13:3
• 9. Deuteronomy 13:5; Jeremiah 29:32
• 10. S 2 Kings 1:17