Chapter Overview
Summary
Hananiah the false prophet. MT ch. 28 = LXX ch. 35. LXX slightly shorter.
Notable Variants
LXX omits some of the narrative detail. Names differ slightly in Greek form.
Structural Notes
MT ch. 28 = LXX ch. 35.
In that same year — at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month — Hananiah son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying:
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This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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Within two more years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and carried to Babylon.
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I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the sight of the priests and all the people standing in the house of the LORD:
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The prophet Jeremiah said: Amen! May the LORD do so. May the LORD fulfill your words that you have prophesied — to bring back the vessels of the house of the LORD and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.
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But listen carefully to this word that I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people:
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The prophets who came before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and great kingdoms of war, disaster, and plague.
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As for the prophet who prophesies peace — only when the word of that prophet comes to pass will it be known that the LORD truly sent him.
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Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke-bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
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Hananiah spoke before all the people: This is what the LORD says — just so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two years from the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke-bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah:
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Go and say to Hananiah: This is what the LORD says — you have broken bars of wood, but you have made bars of iron in their place.
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For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him the wild animals.
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah: Listen, Hananiah — the LORD did not send you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.
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Hananiah the prophet died that same year, in the seventh month.
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