Jeremiah 28 (NET)

Jeremiah 28:1¹The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord ’s temple in the presence of the priests and all the people:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 27:1Josh 9:3Isa 9:15Jer 23:28Jer 27:12Jer 27:3Jer 28:11Jer 36:12Jer 37:13Zech 13:2-4

Jeremiah 28:2²“The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 13:5-16Jer 27:2-12Mic 3:11

Jeremiah 28:3³Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:132 Chr 36:10Dan 1:2Gen 47:28Gen 47:9Jer 27:16-22Ps 90:10

Jeremiah 28:4⁴I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.’ Indeed, the Lord affirms, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 22:242 Kgs 25:27-30Jer 24:1Jer 28:2Gen 27:40Isa 9:4Jer 2:20Jer 22:10Jer 22:26-28Jer 24:5

Jeremiah 28:5⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 28:1Jer 19:14Jer 26:2Jer 7:2

Jeremiah 28:6⁶The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord ’s temple and the people who were carried into exile.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:36Ps 41:13Jer 11:51 Chr 16:361 Cor 14:162 Cor 1:20Deut 27:15-26Jer 17:16Jer 18:20Jer 28:3

Jeremiah 28:7⁷But listen to what I say to you and to all these people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:28

Jeremiah 28:8⁸From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:11 Kgs 22:8Deut 4:26-271 Kgs 14:7-151 Kgs 21:18-241 Sam 2:27-321 Sam 3:11-14Amos 1:2Deut 28:15-68Deut 29:18-28

Jeremiah 28:9⁹So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 18:22Jer 6:14Ezek 13:10-16Jer 14:13Jer 4:10Jer 8:11

Jeremiah 28:10¹⁰The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 27:21 Kgs 22:111 Kgs 22:24-25Jer 28:2Jer 28:4Jer 36:23-24Mal 3:13

Jeremiah 28:11¹¹Then he spoke up in the presence of all the people. “The Lord says, ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of servitude of all the nations to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon before two years are over.’” After he heard this, the prophet Jeremiah departed and went on his way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 18:22-23Prov 14:71 Kgs 22:11-12Jer 14:14Jer 27:2-12Jer 29:91 Kgs 13:181 Kgs 22:62 Chr 18:10Jer 23:17

Jeremiah 28:12¹²But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the Lord’ s message came to Jeremiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:21 Chr 17:32 Kgs 20:4Dan 9:2Jer 29:30

Jeremiah 28:13¹³“Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, ‘You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 149:8Jer 27:15Lam 2:14

Jeremiah 28:14¹⁴For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, “I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:48Jer 27:6-7Dan 2:38Deut 4:20Isa 14:4-6Jer 25:9-26Jer 27:4Jer 40:4Rev 17:12-13

Jeremiah 28:15¹⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:14-15Jer 27:15Jer 23:21Ezek 13:2-3Ezek 22:28Lam 2:14Jer 29:231 Kgs 22:23Ezek 13:22Jer 20:6

Jeremiah 28:16¹⁶So the Lord says, ‘I will most assuredly remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:32Gen 7:41 Kgs 13:34Deut 6:15Exod 32:12Jer 20:6Acts 13:8-11Amos 9:8Deut 13:5-11Ezek 13:11-12

Jeremiah 28:17¹⁷In the seventh month of that very same year the prophet Hananiah died.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 1:6Isa 44:25-26