Jeremiah 28:10

10 Then the prophet Hanani'ah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them.

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 28:10 In-Context

8 The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
9 As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent the prophet."
10 Then the prophet Hanani'ah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them.
11 And Hanani'ah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years." But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
12 Sometime after the prophet Hanani'ah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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