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Jeremiah 28 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Hananiah’s False Prophecy

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In the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and the fifth month, the [false] prophet Hananiah the son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon [one of the priests’ cities], spoke [without godly authority] to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:3 - ‘Within two years I am going to bring back to this place all the articles of the LORD’S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - ‘And I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ says the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

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Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who stood in the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD confirm and fulfill your words which you have prophesied to bring back the articles of the LORD’S house and all the captives, from Babylon to this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:7 - “Nevertheless, listen now to this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - “The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of disaster and of virulent disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - “But as for the prophet who [on the contrary] prophesies of peace, when that prophet’s word comes to pass, [only] then will it be known that the LORD has truly sent him.”

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Then Hananiah the [false] prophet took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and smashed it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Even so within two full years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah [some time] after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:13 - “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘The LORD says this, “You have broken yokes of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:14 - ‘For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “I have put the iron yoke [of servitude] on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. And I have even given him the beasts of the field.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:15 - Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:16 - “Therefore thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I am about to send you away from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken and counseled rebellion against the LORD.’”

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So Hananiah the [false] prophet died [two months later], the same year, in the seventh month.

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Jeremiah Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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