Jeremias 28:35-45

35 My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Sion say; and my blood upon the Chaldeans dwelling , shall Jerusalem say.

36 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.

37 And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

38 For they rose up together as lions, and as lions' whelps.

39 In their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.

40 And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.

41 How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

42 The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.

43 Her cities are become like a dry and trackless land; not so much as one shall dwell in it, neither shall a son of man lodge in it.

44 And I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her:

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Jeremias 28:35-45 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.