Jeremiah 28
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Prophet against prophet
1That same year, early in the rule of Judah’s King Zedekiah, in the fifth month of his fourth year, the prophet Hananiah, Azzur’s son from Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD’s temple before the priests and all the people. 2He said: “The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3In two years I will restore to this place all of the temple equipment that Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar carted off to Babylon. 4I will also restore to this place Judah’s King Jeconiah, Jehoiakim’s son, along with all the exiles from Judah who were deported to Babylon, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon, declares the LORD.”
5Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the LORD’s temple. 6The prophet Jeremiah said: “Indeed. May the LORD do just as you have said! May the LORD fulfill the words that you have prophesied and bring back from Babylon the equipment of the LORD’s temple and all the exiles to this place. 7However, listen closely to what I have to say to you and all the people: 8The prophets who came before you and me long ago prophesied war, disaster, and disease against many lands and great kingdoms. 9So the prophet who prophesies peace is recognized as one who is actually sent by the LORD only when that prophet’s message is fulfilled.”
10Then the prophet Hananiah took hold of the yoke that was on the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. 11He said before all the people, “This is what the LORD says: Just as this yoke has been broken, I will break the yoke of Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar from the neck of all the nations within two years.” Then the prophet Jeremiah walked away.
12Sometime after Hananiah had broken the yoke that was on Jeremiah’s neck, the LORD told him: 13Go, say to Hananiah, The LORD proclaims: You have broken a wooden yoke,#28.13 Or yokes but I#28.13 Heb uncertain will replace it with an iron one. 14The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I will put iron yokes on the necks of all these nations, and they will serve Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar; even the wild animals will be subject to him!
15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah: “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD hasn’t sent you. All you are doing is persuading these people to believe a lie. 16Therefore, the LORD proclaims: I’m going to send you somewhere—right off the face of the earth! Before the year ends, you will die since you have incited rebellion against the LORD.” 17The prophet Hananiah died in the seventh month#28.17 September–October, Tishrei of that year.
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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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