Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, New Living Translation Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces. English Standard Version Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them. Berean Standard Bible Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. Berean Literal Bible And Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. King James Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. New King James Version Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. New American Standard Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. NASB 1995 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. NASB 1977 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. Legacy Standard Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar of the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. Amplified Bible Then Hananiah the [false] prophet took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and smashed it. Berean Annotated Bible Then the prophet Hananiah (God has favored) took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah (whom YHWH has appointed) the prophet and broke it. Christian Standard Bible The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it. Holman Christian Standard Bible The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. American Standard Version Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. Contemporary English Version Hananiah grabbed the wooden yoke from my neck and smashed it. English Revised Version Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it. Good News Translation Then Hananiah took the yoke off my neck, broke it in pieces, International Standard Version Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. NET Bible The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it. New Heart English Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. Webster's Bible Translation Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleThen the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. World English Bible Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Hananiah the prophet takes the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaks it, Berean Literal Bible And Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet 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, Smith's Literal Translation And Hananiah the prophet will take the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and break it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it. Catholic Public Domain Version And Hananiah the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and he broke it. New American Bible Thereupon Hananiah the prophet took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. New Revised Standard Version Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, and broke it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen Hananiah the false prophet took the bands of the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And KhananYah the lying Prophet took the collars from the neck of Jeremiah the Prophet, and he shattered them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. Brenton Septuagint Translation Then Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hananiah's False Prophecy…9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.” 10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. 11And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’ ” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.… Cross References Then the prophet Hananiah Jeremiah 23:16-17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. / They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ Ezekiel 13:2-3 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD! / This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. Deuteronomy 18:20-22 But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” / You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” / When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet Jeremiah 27:2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. Jeremiah 27:12 And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. and broke it. Jeremiah 30:8 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them. Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness. Nahum 1:13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” 1 Kings 22:11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’” 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it. 2 Kings 25:7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. Isaiah 20:2-4 the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. / Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. Isaiah 30:10-11 They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” Ezekiel 13:10-16 Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ … Ezekiel 21:25-27 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’ Treasury of Scripture Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. took. Jeremiah 28:2,4 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon… Jeremiah 27:2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, Jeremiah 36:23,24 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth… Jump to Previous Bar Brake Breaketh Broke Broken Hananiah Hanani'ah Hands Jeremiah Jeremiah's Neck Prophet Yoke Yoke-BarsJump to Next Bar Brake Breaketh Broke Broken Hananiah Hanani'ah Hands Jeremiah Jeremiah's Neck Prophet Yoke Yoke-BarsJeremiah 28 1. Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah3. and there continue until the day of visitation. 5. Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shows that the event will declare the true prophets. 10. Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke. 12. Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke; 15. and foretells Hananiah's death. Then the prophet Hananiah Hananiah is identified as a prophet, though his actions and words reveal him as a false prophet. In the context of Jeremiah 28, Hananiah opposes Jeremiah's message from God, which warned of the Babylonian captivity. Hananiah's role highlights the presence of false prophets in Israel, a recurring issue throughout the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 18:20-22). His actions serve as a warning against those who claim to speak for God without His authority. took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. He was called by God to deliver difficult truths and often faced opposition. 2. Hananiah A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah. He delivered a message of peace and prosperity that contradicted Jeremiah's warnings of impending judgment and exile. 3. The Yoke A wooden bar or frame used to join animals for plowing, symbolizing subjugation and servitude. Jeremiah wore a yoke as a prophetic symbol of the coming Babylonian captivity. 4. Judah The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing the threat of conquest by Babylon due to its disobedience to God. 5. Babylonian Captivity The period when the people of Judah were exiled to Babylon as a consequence of their persistent sin and rebellion against God. Teaching Points Discernment of True ProphecyBelievers must be vigilant in discerning true messages from God versus false prophecies. This requires a deep understanding of Scripture and reliance on the Holy Spirit. The Danger of False Assurance Hananiah's message of peace was appealing but false. We must be wary of teachings that promise comfort without repentance or obedience to God. Symbolism and Obedience Jeremiah's obedience in wearing the yoke, despite ridicule, teaches us the importance of faithfully following God's instructions, even when they are difficult or unpopular. Consequences of Disobedience The breaking of the yoke symbolized rebellion against God's plan. Disobedience to God's commands can lead to severe consequences, as seen in the Babylonian captivity. Hope in God's Sovereignty Despite the grim message of captivity, God's sovereignty and ultimate plan for restoration and hope remain steadfast. Trust in God's overarching plan is crucial. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 28:10?2. How does Hananiah's action in Jeremiah 28:10 challenge God's true message? 3. What lessons can we learn about false prophecy from Jeremiah 28:10? 4. How does Jeremiah 28:10 connect with warnings against false prophets in Matthew 7:15? 5. How can we discern true prophecy today, reflecting on Jeremiah 28:10? 6. What steps can we take to ensure alignment with God's truth in our lives? 7. Why did Hananiah break the yoke off Jeremiah's neck in Jeremiah 28:10? 8. What does the yoke symbolize in Jeremiah 28:10? 9. How does Jeremiah 28:10 challenge the concept of false prophecy? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 28? 11. In Jeremiah 28:10–13, why is there no archaeological evidence of the symbolic wooden and iron yokes Jeremiah mentions? 12. How do we reconcile Jeremiah's condemnation of Hananiah (Jeremiah 28) with other biblical texts where God tolerates or uses unexpected prophets to deliver messages? 13. In Jeremiah 28:1-4, how can Hananiah's prophecy of a short Babylonian captivity be trusted given the historical evidence of a much longer exile? 14. In Jeremiah 28:6-9, why did the people not reject Hananiah immediately if his prophecy contradicted Jeremiah and Deuteronomy 18:22 on false prophets? What Does Jeremiah 28:10 Mean Then the prophet Hananiah- Chapter 28 opens with Hananiah publicly contradicting Jeremiah’s warning of Babylonian domination (Jeremiah 28:1-4). - Scripture consistently contrasts true and false prophets; Deuteronomy 13:1-5 and 18:20-22 set the standard, while 2 Peter 2:1 reminds us that “false prophets also arose among the people.” - By calling Hananiah “prophet,” the text underscores the danger: not every religious voice speaks for God. took the yoke - God had commanded Jeremiah to craft wooden yoke bars as a living illustration that Judah must submit to Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 27:2-8). - A yoke symbolizes servitude (Leviticus 26:13) or partnership (Matthew 11:29-30). Here it pictures Babylon’s unavoidable lordship. - Hananiah’s grasping of the yoke is an aggressive attempt to rewrite God’s message—much like King Jehoiakim cutting and burning Jeremiah’s scroll (Jeremiah 36:23). off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet - The removal targets God’s messenger, not merely a prop. Silencing a prophet never removes the word that sent him (Amos 7:12-15). - Jeremiah’s calm endurance recalls other servants mistreated for truth: Micaiah imprisoned for his prophecy (1 Kings 22:26-28) and the apostles flogged yet rejoicing (Acts 5:40-41). - It also highlights the repeated biblical pattern of the majority rejecting uncomfortable truth (2 Timothy 4:3-4). and broke it - Hananiah’s act is theatrical defiance: “Within two years I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 28:11). - Yet God swiftly answers: He replaces the shattered wood with “an iron yoke” (Jeremiah 28:13), and Hananiah dies that very year (Jeremiah 28:15-17), demonstrating Galatians 6:7—“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked.” - The broken yoke becomes a sober lesson: human optimism cannot overturn divine decree (Proverbs 19:21). summary Jeremiah 28:10 records a dramatic showdown between truth and deception. Hananiah, a self-styled prophet, seizes Jeremiah’s wooden yoke—God’s visual sermon of forthcoming Babylonian rule—rips it away, and smashes it to proclaim an easy deliverance. The gesture looks bold but is empty, for God soon replaces wood with iron and ends Hananiah’s life, confirming Jeremiah’s message. The verse warns believers to test every voice by Scripture, to expect opposition when we stand with God’s word, and to rest in the certainty that His purposes cannot be broken, no matter who tries to snap the yoke. (10, 11) Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke . . .--We are reminded of the conduct of Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, in 1Kings 22:24. Personal violence, as has been the case in some Christian controversies, takes the place of further debate. The hateful symbols of servitude should not be allowed to outrage the feelings of the people any longer. His success in breaking that was to be the pledge of the destruction of the power which it represented. Jeremiah, it will be noted, does not resist or retaliate, but commits himself to Him that judgeth righteously. "He went his way."Verses 10, 11. - Instead of any rejoinder, Hananiah has recourse to violence, tears off and breaks the yoke on Jeremiah's neck, and repeats his declaration of the fall of Nebuchadnezzar within two years. Jeremiah meekly suffers.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then the prophetהַנָּבִיא֙ (han·nā·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet Hananiah חֲנַנְיָ֤ה (ḥă·nan·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2608: Hananiah -- 'Yah has been gracious', the name of a number of Israelites took וַיִּקַּ֞ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take the yoke הַמּוֹטָ֔ה (ham·mō·w·ṭāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4133: A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke off מֵעַ֕ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the neck צַוַּ֖אר (ṣaw·war) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6677: The back of the neck of Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֣ה (yir·mə·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites the prophet הַנָּבִ֑יא (han·nā·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet and broke it. וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃ (way·yiš·bə·rê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces Links Jeremiah 28:10 NIVJeremiah 28:10 NLT Jeremiah 28:10 ESV Jeremiah 28:10 NASB Jeremiah 28:10 KJV Jeremiah 28:10 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 28:10 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 28:10 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 28:10 French Bible Jeremiah 28:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar (Jer.) |
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