Context 10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. 11Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says the LORD, Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations. Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, Thus says the LORD, You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron. 14For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 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. And I have also given him the beasts of the field. 15Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. 16Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die, because you have counseled rebellion against the LORD. 17So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionThen Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. Douay-Rheims Bible And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it. Darby Bible Translation And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. English Revised Version Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. Webster's Bible Translation Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. World English Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. Young's Literal Translation And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it, Library Yokes of Wood and Iron'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.'--JER. xxviii. 13. I suppose that I had better begin by a word of explanation as to the occasion of this saying. One king of Judah had already been carried off to Babylon, and the throne refilled by his brother, a puppet of the conquerors. This shadow of a king, with the bulk of the nation, was eager for revolt. Jeremiah had almost single-handed to stem the tide of … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Two Yokes The Last King of Judah Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ. Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 28:10 NIV • Jeremiah 28:10 NLT • Jeremiah 28:10 ESV • Jeremiah 28:10 NASB • Jeremiah 28:10 KJV • Jeremiah 28:10 Bible Apps • Jeremiah 28:10 Parallel • Bible Hub |