Ch 28 / 52~2 min
Yirmeyahu

Chapter 28

False Comfort Cannot Replace His Truth

Hananiah's false prophecy of quick restoration versus Jeremiah's true word of patient endurance foreshadow Yeshua warning against false prophets who promise comfort without the cross.

  1. Hananiah the False Prophet

    Hananiah prophesies peace and breaks Jeremiah's yoke. But false hope is more dangerous than honest grief.

  2. 1That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in YHWH’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
  3. 2“YHWH Tzeva'ot, the Elohim of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
  4. 3Within two full years I will bring again into this place all the vessels of YHWH’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
  5. 4I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says YHWH; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
  6. 5Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in YHWH’s house,
  7. 6even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May YHWH do so. May YHWH perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of YHWH’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.
  8. 7Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
  9. 8The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
  10. 9As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet happens, then the prophet will be known, that YHWH has truly sent him.”
  11. 10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
  12. 11Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “YHWH says: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
  13. 12Then YHWH’s word came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
  14. 13“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘YHWH says, You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
  15. 14For YHWH Tzeva'ot, the Elohim of Israel says, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. I have also given him the animals of the field.”’
  16. 15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! YHWH has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
  17. 16Therefore YHWH says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against YHWH.’”
  18. 17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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