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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: &#8216I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, &#8216I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: &#8216I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />he told me that the LORD had said: I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I will smash the yoke that Nebuchadnezzar put on the necks of the nations to make them his slaves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said: "I have broken the power of the king of Babylonia. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'I've broken the yoke of the king of Babylon, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ?I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, saving, I broke the yoke of the king of Babel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the King of Babel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord; I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=8260" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Hananiah's False Prophecy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: šā·ḇar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">‘I have broken</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5923.htm" title="5923: ‘ōl (N-msc) -- A yoke. Or mowl; from alal; a yoke, literally or figuratively.">the yoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">of Babylon.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a></span><br />“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. / Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8-9</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them. / For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-7</a></span><br />They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-11.htm">1 Kings 22:11-12</a></span><br />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.’” / And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a></span><br />who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Zechariah 13:3</a></span><br />And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11</a></span><br />and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br />Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a></span><br />I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.</p><p class="hdg">I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2-12</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5-16</a></b></br> Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a></b></br> The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, <i>Is</i> not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/27-21.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-21.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-22.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-21.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-12.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-1.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-16.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/29-4.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-4.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-4.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-25.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-25.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-6.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-4.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-1.htm">Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm">and there continue until the day of visitation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-5.htm">Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shows that the event will declare the true prophets.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm">Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/28-15.htm">and foretells Hananiah's death.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:</b><br>This phrase establishes the authority and divine origin of the message. "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and command over heavenly armies, underscoring His power and ability to fulfill His promises. The title "God of Israel" reaffirms His covenant relationship with Israel, reminding the people of His past faithfulness and ongoing commitment. This introduction is typical of prophetic declarations, lending weight and seriousness to the message that follows.<p><b>‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.</b><br>The "yoke" symbolizes oppression and servitude, a common metaphor in the ancient Near East for subjugation. The king of Babylon, at this time, was Nebuchadnezzar II, who had subjugated Judah and taken many into exile. The breaking of the yoke suggests liberation and deliverance from Babylonian control. Historically, this prophecy was given during a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for Judah, as Babylon was the dominant power. This statement would have been seen as a message of hope and divine intervention. However, in the broader context of <a href="/jeremiah/28.htm">Jeremiah 28</a>, this prophecy is revealed to be false, spoken by the prophet Hananiah, contrasting with Jeremiah's true prophecy of continued exile. This highlights the theme of discerning true prophecy from false, a critical issue in the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his warnings about the impending Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hananiah.htm">Hananiah</a></b><br>A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah, claiming that God would break the yoke of Babylon and restore the exiles within two years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, underscoring His power and authority.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_babylon.htm">The King of Babylon</a></b><br>Refers to Nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of Babylon, who had conquered Judah and taken many of its people into exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_yoke.htm">The Yoke</a></b><br>Symbolizes the oppression and control of Babylon over Judah, which Hananiah falsely claimed would be broken by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_of_true_prophecy.htm">Discernment of True Prophecy</a></b><br>Believers must seek discernment to distinguish between true and false teachings, relying on Scripture and the Holy Spirit for guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trust in God's ultimate control over nations and history, even when circumstances seem dire or contrary to human expectations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_assurance.htm">The Danger of False Assurance</a></b><br>Beware of messages that promise peace and prosperity without repentance or alignment with God's will, as they can lead to complacency and spiritual danger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/submission_to_god's_plan.htm">Submission to God's Plan</a></b><br>Sometimes God's plan involves enduring hardship for a season. Believers are called to submit to His will, trusting in His greater purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Understand that suffering can be a tool for growth and refinement, drawing us closer to God and aligning us with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27's portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_28_with_other_prophets.htm">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?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_there_non-biblical_records_of_hananiah's_death.htm">In Jeremiah 28:15–17, are there any historical records outside Scripture confirming Hananiah’s death within the same year, as Jeremiah foretells? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_hananiah's_short_exile_prophecy_be_trusted.htm">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? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">I have broken the yoke . . .</span>--The word is obviously used with special reference to the symbol which Jeremiah had made so conspicuous (<a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm" title="Thus said the LORD to me; Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,">Jeremiah 27:2</a>). With something, it may be, of ironical repetition, he reproduces the very formula with which the true prophet had begun his message. He, too, can speak in the name of "the Lord of Sabaoth, the God of Israel."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - Hananiah opens his prophecy with the usual formula, claiming Divine inspiration in the fullest sense. His message is short and sweet: <span class="cmt_word">I have broken</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> I have decreed to break (the perfect of prophetic certitude) - <span class="cmt_word">the yoke of the king of Babylon</span>. Had Hananiah stopped here, he might, perhaps, have escaped Jeremiah's indignant rebuke. But with light-hearted arrogance he ventures to fix a time close at hand for the event, which, no doubt, was destined to occur, but after a long interval. Dr. Payne Smith suggests that he probably cherished the belief that the confederacy then on foot (<a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm">Jeremiah 27:3</a>) would defeat Nebuchadnezzar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(kōh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts,</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֞ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I have broken</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבַ֞רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the yoke</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5923.htm">Strong's 5923: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yoke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֥לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Babylon.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּבֶֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/28-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 28:2 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies the God (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/28-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 28:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 28:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 28:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 28:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>