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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 28 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/28-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Jeremiah 28</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/27.htm" title="Jeremiah 27">◄</a> Jeremiah 28 <a href="../jeremiah/29.htm" title="Jeremiah 29">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/jeremiah/28.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Hananiah the False Prophet</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> do so; may the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and all the exiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has truly sent the prophet.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.” But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Jeremiah: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Go, tell Hananiah, ‘Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.’”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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