Jeremiah 28

Jeremiah 28

The False Prophet Hananiah

1In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,[#Jer 27:1; #Jos 9:3]

2“Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3Within two full years I will bring back into this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.[#2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10]

4And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went into Babylon, says the Lord , for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”[#Jer 22:24]

5Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord ,[#Jer 28:1]

6even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen. May the Lord do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all that was carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.[#1Ki 1:36; Ps 41:13]

7Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people.[#1Ki 22:28]

8The prophets of old who have been before me and before you prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war and disaster and pestilence.

9As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet shall be known as one whom the Lord has truly sent.”[#Jer 6:14; #Dt 18:22]

10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.[#Jer 27:2]

11Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord : Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space of two full years.” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

12Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

13Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the Lord : You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.

14For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.[#Dt 28:48; #Jer 27:6–7]

15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah. The Lord has not sent you, and you make this people trust in a lie.[#La 2:14; Eze 13:22]

16Therefore thus says the Lord : Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord .”[#Ge 7:4; #Jer 29:32]

17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

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