Jeremiah 28
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Jeremiah Accuses Hananiah of Being a False Prophet
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2 K 24.18-20; 2 Ch 36.11-13. Later that same year, in the fifth month of the fourth year that Zedekiah#28.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3. was king,#28.1 Later … king: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon came up to me in the temple. And while the priests and others in the temple were listening, 2he told me that the Lord had said:
I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I will smash the yoke#28.2 yoke: See the note at 27.1,2. that Nebuchadnezzar#28.2 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2. put on the necks of the nations to make them his slaves. 3And within two years, I will bring back to Jerusalem everything that he took from my temple and carried off to Babylonia. 4King Jehoiachin#28.4 Jehoiachin: Hebrew “Jeconiah” (see the note at 24.1). and the other people who were taken from Judah to Babylonia will be allowed to come back here as well. All this will happen because I will smash the power of the king of Babylonia!
5The priests and the others were still standing there, so I said:
6Hananiah, I hope the Lord will do exactly what you said. I hope he does bring back everything the Babylonians took from the temple, and that our people who were taken to Babylonia will be allowed to return home. 7But let me remind you and everyone else 8that long before we were born, prophets were saying powerful kingdoms would be struck by war, disaster, and disease. 9Now you are saying we will have peace. We will just have to wait and see if that is really what the Lord has said.#28.9 We will … said: See Deuteronomy 18.21,22.
10Hananiah grabbed the wooden yoke from my neck and smashed it. 11Then he said, “The Lord says this is the way he will smash the power Nebuchadnezzar has over the nations, and it will happen in less than two years.”
I left the temple, 12and a little while later, the Lord told me 13-14to go back and say to Hananiah:
I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You smashed a wooden yoke, but I will replace it with one made of iron. I will put iron yokes on all the nations, and they will have to do what King Nebuchadnezzar commands. I will even let him rule the wild animals.
15-16Hananiah, I have never sent you to speak for me. And yet you have talked my people into believing your lies and rebelling against me. So now I will send you—I'll send you right off the face of the earth! You will die before this year is over.
17Two months later, Hananiah died.
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Jeremiah 28
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Hananiah’s False Prophecy
1In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, # Jr 27:12 in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon # Jos 9:3 said to me in the temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people, 2“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. # Jr 27:12 3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the Lord’s temple # Jr 27:16 that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from here and transported to Babylon. 4And I will restore to this place Jeconiah # = Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah # 2Kg 24:10-17 who went to Babylon’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Response to Hananiah
5The prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the temple of the Lord. 6The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! # 1Kg 1:36 May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may He restore the articles of the Lord’s temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place! 7Only listen to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, # Some Hb mss, Vg read famine and plague against many lands and great kingdoms. 9As for the prophet who prophesies peace — only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.” # Dt 18:20-22
Hananiah Breaks Jeremiah’s Yoke
10The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. # Jr 27:2 11In the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the Lord says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’ ” Jeremiah the prophet then went on his way.
The Lord’s Word against Hananiah
12The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet: 13“Go say to Hananiah: This is what the Lord says, ‘You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.’ 14For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations that they might serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, # Dt 28:48 and they will serve him. # Jr 25:11 I have also put the wild animals under him.’ ” # Jr 27:6
15The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie. # Jr 29:31; Ezk 13:22 16Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to send you off the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.’ ” # Dt 13:5; Is 59:13; Jr 29:32 17And the prophet Hananiah died that year in the seventh month.
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