The Book of Jeremiah
28: 1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of
Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah,
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 28:2Thus speaketh
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of
Babylon. 28:3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels
of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this
place, and carried to Babylon: 28:4and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the
son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to
Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 28:5Then
the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the
priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah,
28:6even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so; Jehovah perform thy
words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah's house,
and all them of the captivity, from Babylon unto this place. 28:7Nevertheless hear
thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people:
28:8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied
against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of
pestilence. 28:9The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah hath truly sent
him. 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's
neck, and brake it. 28:11And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people,
saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the
prophet Jeremiah went his way. 28:12Then the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah,
after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the
prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah:
Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.
28:14For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron
upon the neck of all these nations, that they may served Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field
also. 28:15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
28:16Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face
of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against
Jehovah. 28:17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.