| Chapter
28 |
| 1 | And it
came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of
Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of
Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD,
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, |
| 2 | Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. |
| 3 | Within two full years will I bring
again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: |
| 4 | And I will bring again to
this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives
of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of
the king of Babylon. |
| 5 |
Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto 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, |
| 6 | Even the prophet
Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is
carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. |
|
7 | Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak
in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; |
|
8 | The prophets that have been before me and before
thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms,
of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. |
| 9 | The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of
the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD
hath truly sent him. |
| 10 |
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck,
and brake it. |
| 11 | And
Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD;
Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck
of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah
went his way. |
| 12 | Then
the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the
prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, |
| 13 | Go and tell
Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but
thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. |
| 14 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I
have put a yoke of iron upon 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. |
| 15
| Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in
a lie. |
| 16 | Therefore thus
saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this
year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. |
| 17 | So Hananiah the prophet
died the same year in the seventh month. |
