Jeremías 28:8

8 Los profetas que nos han precedido profetizaron guerra, hambre y pestilencia contra numerosas naciones y grandes reinos.

Jeremías 28:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets that have been before me, and before thee of old,
&c.] Such as Isaiah, Hoses, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others: these prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms;
as Egypt, Babylon, Syria, Ethiopia, Moab as Isaiah particularly did: of war, and of evil, and of pestilence;
by evil some think is meant famine, because that usually goes along with the other mentioned, and there being but one letter in which the words for evil and famine differ; and now the prophets that prophesied of these were sent of God, were the true prophets of the Lord; and therefore this ought not to be objected to the prejudice of Jeremiah, that his prophecies were of this sort: yea, if they should not come to pass, yet a man is not to be counted a false prophet, because such things are threatened in case nations do not repent of their sins and reform, which they may do; and then the evils threatened are prevented, as in the case of the Ninevites.

Jeremías 28:8 In-Context

6 —¡Amén! Que así lo haga el SEÑOR. Que cumpla el SEÑOR las palabras que has profetizado. Que devuelva a este lugar los utensilios de la casa del SEÑOR y a todos los que fueron deportados a Babilonia.

7 Pero presta atención a lo que voy a decirles a ti y a todo el pueblo:

8 Los profetas que nos han precedido profetizaron guerra, hambre y pestilencia contra numerosas naciones y grandes reinos.

9 Pero a un profeta que anuncia paz se le reconoce como profeta verdaderamente enviado por el SEÑOR, solo si se cumplen sus palabras.

10 Entonces el profeta Jananías tomó el yugo que estaba sobre el cuello del profeta Jeremías, y lo quebró.