Yirmeyah 28:10

10 Then Chananyah HaNavi took the yoke from off the neck of Yirmeyah HaNavi and broke it.

Yirmeyah 28:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 28:10

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet
Jeremiah's neck
Which he wore as a symbol of the subjection of Judea, and other nations, to the king of Babylon: an impudent and insolent action this was, to take the prophet's yoke from his neck; and the more so, as it was by the command of God that he made it, and wore it: and brake it;
being made of wood, as it afterwards appears, and so might easily be broken.

Yirmeyah 28:10 In-Context

8 The nevi’im that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against mamlechot gedolot, of milchamah, of ra’ah, of dever.

9 The navi which prophesieth of shalom, when the devar of the navi shall come to pass, then shall the navi be recognized, that Hashem hath truly sent him.

10 Then Chananyah HaNavi took the yoke from off the neck of Yirmeyah HaNavi and broke it.

11 And Chananyah spoke before the eyes of kol haAm, saying, Thus saith Hashem; Even so will I break the yoke of Nevuchadnetzar Melech Bavel from the neck of kol HaGoyim within the space of two years. And Yirmeyah HaNavi went on his way.

12 Then the Devar Hashem came unto Yirmeyah, after Chananyah HaNavi had broken the yoke from off the neck of Yirmeyah HaNavi, saying,