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Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Go and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but in their place you have made yokes of iron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, &#8216Thus says the LORD, &#8220You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Go 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You have broken the bars of a yoke <i>made</i> of wood, but you have made in their place the bars of a yoke <i>made</i> of iron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘The LORD says this, “You have broken yokes of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go say to Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Go say to Hananiah: This is what the LORD says, &#8216You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou shalt make in their stead bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Tell Hananiah, 'This is what the LORD says: You have broken the wooden yoke, but I will replace it with an iron yoke. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />to go and tell Hananiah: "The LORD has said that you may be able to break a wooden yoke, but he will replace it with an iron yoke. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Go and say to Hananiah, 'This is what the LORD says: "You have broken wooden yokes, but you have made iron yokes in their place." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ?You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Go and tell Hananiah that the LORD says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go, and you have spoken to Hananiah, saying, Thus said YHWH: You have broken yokes of wood, and I have made yokes of iron instead of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Go, and thou hast spoken unto Hananiah, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Yokes of wood thou hast broken, and I have made instead of them yokes of iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go and say to Hananiah, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Thou didst break the staves of wood; but make instead of them staves of iron.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Go, and tell Hananias: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast broken chains of wood, and thou shalt make for them chains of iron. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Go, and you shall say to Hananiah: Thus says the Lord: You have broken chains of wood, and so you will make for them chains of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go tell Hananiah this: Thus says the LORD: By breaking a wooden yoke bar, you make an iron yoke!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go, tell Hananiah, Thus says the LORD: You have broken wooden bars only to forge iron bars in place of them!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go and tell Hananiah the false prophet, Thus says the LORD: You have broken the yoke of wood; but you shall make in their place a yoke of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />"Go and say to KhananYah the lying Prophet, ‘Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘Make the collars of wood that you broke a yoke of iron in their place’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go, and tell Hananiah, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou shalt make in their stead bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Go and speak to Ananias, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but I will make instead of them yokes of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/28-13.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=8390" 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">12</span>But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lō·wḵ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2608.htm" title="2608: ḥă·nan·yāh (N-proper-ms) -- Or Chananyahuw; from chanan and Yahh; Jah has favored; Chananjah, the name of thirteen Israelites.">Hananiah</a> <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.">that this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></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/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: šā·ḇā·rə·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">‘You have broken</a> <a href="/hebrew/4133.htm" title="4133: mō·w·ṭōṯ (N-fpc) -- A pole, bar (of a yoke). Feminine of mowt; a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke.">a yoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">of wood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ṯaḥ·tê·hen (Prep:: 3fp) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">but in its place</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you have fashioned</a> <a href="/hebrew/4133.htm" title="4133: mō·ṭō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A pole, bar (of a yoke). Feminine of mowt; a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke.">a yoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: bar·zel (N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">of iron.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron 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 control of the beasts of the field.’ ”…<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/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2-22</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. / Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-11.htm">1 Kings 22:11-28</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.” / Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-1.htm">Ezekiel 13:1-16</a></span><br />Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “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. ...<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="/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="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10-11</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-10.htm">2 Chronicles 18:10-27</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.” / Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9-10</a></span><br />But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. / They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—<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 7:15-20</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. / By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</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. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<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="/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_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a></span><br />For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.<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">Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus said the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron.</p><p class="hdg">thou hast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-15.htm">Jeremiah 27:15</a></b></br> For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/149-8.htm">Psalm 149:8</a></b></br> To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></b></br> Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.</p><p class="hdg">thou shalt.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Hananiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Hanani'ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-11.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-7.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Wooden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Yoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Yokes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-15.htm">Hananiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-15.htm">Hanani'ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-24.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Stead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Wooden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm">Yoke</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-18.htm">Yokes</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'; 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Hananiah had previously contradicted Jeremiah's prophecies by claiming that the Babylonian yoke would be broken within two years. This confrontation highlights the role of true prophets in delivering God's messages, even when they are unpopular or confrontational. The name Hananiah means "Yahweh is gracious," which is ironic given his false prophecies.<p><b>that this is what the LORD says:</b><br>The phrase underscores the authority of the message. It is not Jeremiah's personal opinion but a divine pronouncement. This emphasizes the importance of discerning true prophecy, which comes directly from God, as opposed to false prophecy, which originates from human desires or deceit.<p><b>‘You have broken a yoke of wood,</b><br>The yoke of wood symbolizes the temporary and lighter burden that Hananiah claimed would be removed from Judah. In ancient times, a yoke was a symbol of subjugation and servitude. Hananiah's breaking of the wooden yoke was a symbolic act meant to reassure the people of Judah that their oppression under Babylon would soon end.<p><b>but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’</b><br>The yoke of iron represents a much harsher and inescapable bondage. This imagery is used to convey the severity of the consequences of Hananiah's false prophecy. Iron, being stronger and more durable than wood, signifies the intensified oppression that Judah would face under Babylonian rule. This prophecy aligns with <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a>, where a yoke of iron is mentioned as a curse for disobedience. The shift from wood to iron also serves as a warning about the dangers of false hope and the importance of adhering to God's true word.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who delivered messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance in delivering God's truth despite opposition.<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. His message was contrary to God's true word.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through His prophets to guide, correct, and instruct His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wooden_yoke.htm">Wooden Yoke</a></b><br>Symbolizes the subjugation and servitude that Judah was to endure under Babylon as a consequence of their disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/iron_yoke.htm">Iron Yoke</a></b><br>Represents a harsher, more unyielding form of bondage that would replace the wooden yoke due to Hananiah's false prophecy and the people's continued rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_prophecy.htm">The Danger of False Prophecy</a></b><br>False prophets, like Hananiah, can lead people astray with messages that appeal to their desires rather than God's truth. Discernment is crucial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's warnings can lead to harsher consequences. The shift from a wooden to an iron yoke illustrates the severity of continued rebellion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_prophetic_voices.htm">The Importance of True Prophetic Voices</a></b><br>True prophets, like Jeremiah, often face opposition but remain steadfast in delivering God's message. We must value and heed true prophetic voices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God's plans will prevail despite human opposition. His justice ensures that falsehood is exposed and truth is upheld.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God offers opportunities for repentance. Recognizing and turning from falsehood can restore us to God's intended path.<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/where_does_god_foil_false_prophets.htm">Where in documented history is there solid evidence that God 'foils the signs of false prophets' (Isaiah 44:25) in the direct, miraculous manner described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_yokes_in_jer._28_10-13.htm">In Jeremiah 28:10-13, why is there no archaeological evidence of the symbolic wooden and iron yokes Jeremiah mentions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_wasn't_hananiah_rejected_immediately.htm">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?</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/pulpit/jeremiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The yokes of wood</span>; rather, a <span class="accented">yoke of wood</span>. The word rendered in the Authorized Version" yokes" means properly "poles," two of which, with the "bands," composed a "yoke" (see on Jeremiah 27:2). <span class="cmt_word">But thou shalt make</span>; rather, <span class="accented">but</span> thou hast made. The sense in which Hananiah is said to have made "a yoke of iron" (we should render in the singular) comes out in ver. 14. The point is that there was a certain justification for Hananiah's violent act, but not that which he supposed. Jeremiah's wooden yoke was really an inadequate symbol; the prophet was too tender to his people. Thus God made the truth appear in still fuller brightness from the very perverseness of its enemy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/28-13.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">“Go</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלוֹךְ֩</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tell</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָמַרְתָּ֨</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second 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">Hananiah</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲנַנְיָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·nan·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2608.htm">Strong's 2608: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hananiah -- 'Yah has been gracious', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֚ה</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">יְהוָ֔ה</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">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<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">‘You have broken</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇā·rə·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine 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">a yoke</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹטֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṭōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4133.htm">Strong's 4133: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of wood,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֖ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but in its place</span><br /><span class="heb">תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaḥ·tê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have fashioned</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a yoke</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹט֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·ṭō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4133.htm">Strong's 4133: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of iron.’</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּרְזֶֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(bar·zel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iron, an iron implement</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Jeremiah 28:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/28-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah saying Thus says (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 28:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 28:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/28-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 28:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 28:14" /></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>