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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1One day in late summer of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Within two years I will bring back all the Temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4And I will bring back Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the other captives that were taken to Babylon. I will surely break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on your necks. I, the LORD, have spoken!’” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Jeremiah responded to Hananiah as they stood in front of all the priests and people at the Temple. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He said, “Amen! May your prophecies come true! I hope the LORD does everything you say. I hope he does bring back from Babylon the treasures of this Temple and all the captives. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the LORD.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah: |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.’” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD.’” |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Two months later the prophet Hananiah died. |
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