Jeremiah 28
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 28 of 52
Chapter Summary
Hananiah prophesies the return of the vessels. Jeremiah shows that the event will declare who are true prophets. He tells of an iron yoke.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
False prophet, son of Azur, of Gibeon, who breaks Jeremiah's wooden yoke and predicts Babylon's fall in two years.
The prophet who answers Hananiah and declares Jehovah will replace the wooden yoke with iron.
King of Babylon, whose yoke Hananiah claims is broken but whom Jehovah says the nations must still serve.
King of Judah; the confrontation occurs in the fourth year of his reign.
Exiled son of Jehoiakim whom Hananiah falsely promises will return from Babylon.
Father of the false prophet Hananiah, of Gibeon.
Timeline
The false prophet Hananiah claims God will break the yoke of Babylon within two years and return the exiles and vessels. He takes the wooden yoke off Jeremiah's neck and breaks it.
Jeremiah 28:1-11God tells Jeremiah that iron yokes will replace the wooden ones for the nations serving Babylon. Jeremiah tells Hananiah he will die that year for teaching rebellion. Hananiah dies in the seventh month.
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