George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 28:9
Truth. This criterion was given by Moses; and another was assigned in case the prophet attempted to introduce idolatry, which was not here the case, Deuteronomy xiii., and xviii. 20. (Calmet)
Truth. This criterion was given by Moses; and another was assigned in case the prophet attempted to introduce idolatry, which was not here the case, Deuteronomy xiii., and xviii. 20. (Calmet)
Verse Jeremiah 28:9. _WHEN THE WORD OF THE PROPHET SHALL COME TO PASS_] Here is the criterion. He is a true prophet who specifies things that he says shall happen, and also fixes the _time_ of the eve...
Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but asserts that that prediction was at variance with the language of the older prophets. Jeremiah 28:9 THEN SHALL THE PROPHET ... - Or, “...
CHAPTER 28 _ 1. Hananiah, the false prophet (Jeremiah 28:1) _ 2. The judgment of Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:12) Jeremiah 28:1. One of these lying prophets became very bold, and declared that he had
JEREMIAH 28. THE PROPHECY AND FATE OF HANANIAH. Whilst Jeremiah still wears the symbolic yoke (Jeremiah 27:2), his testimony concerning it is opposed by another prophet, Hananiah of Gibeon (5 m. NW. o...
SHALL COME TO PASS. Accusative case to the test laid down in Deuteronomy 18:21; Deuteronomy 18:22 (reference to Pentateuch) App-92....
The passage forms an important aid to our grasping of the real nature of O.T. prophecy. True prophets did not flatter with promises of good fortune, seeing that their aim was to preach repentance and...
2. _The response of Jeremiah_ (Jeremiah 28:5-9) TRANSLATION (5) Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the hou...
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. THE PROPHET WHICH PROPHESIETH OF PEACE....
1-11. Opposition of Hananiah and the false prophets....
THE PROPHET WHICH PROPHESIETH OF PEACE. — “Peace,” with its Hebrew associations, includes all forms of national prosperity, and is therefore contrasted with famine and pestilence, not less than with w...
הַ נָּבִ֕יא אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִנָּבֵ֖א לְ שָׁלֹ֑ום בְּ
CHAPTER IX HANANIAH Jeremiah 27:1, Jeremiah 28:1 "Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie."- Jeremiah 28:15 THE most conspicuous point at issu
This and the following chapter have to do with the direct relations between Jeremiah and the false prophets against whom Jeremiah so solemnly warned Zedekiah. In this chapter we have the account of th...
It is hardly possible to conceive, what were the feelings of Jeremiah upon this occasion. He could not indeed, but know in himself, that what Hananiah had said, must be false; but yet from the natural...
Jeremiah seems here to conclude that those alone are to be deemed true prophets who prove by the event that they have been sent from above; and it not only appears that this may be gathered from his w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 AND 28. Chapter s 27 and 28 go together. Their chief subject is the submission to the head of the Gentiles, which God requires of the Jews. But before dwel...
THE PROPHET WHICH PROPHESIETH OF PEACE,.... Of prosperity, of good things, as Hananiah did, and which are always acceptable to men; and such a prophet is agreeable to them: WHEN THE WORD OF THE LORD...
_The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, [then] shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him._ Ver. 9. _The prophet which prophesieth...
_The Prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so!_ Thereby expressing his hearty concern for the good of his nation, and wishing that God would repent him of the evil wherewith he had threatened them...
HANANIAH'S FALSE PROPHECY...
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known that the Lord hath truly sent him. That is, the fulfillment of a prophecy such...
1-9 Hananiah spoke a false prophecy. Here is not a word of good counsel urging the Jews to repent and return to God. He promises temporal mercies, in God's name, but makes no mention of the spiritual...
BY PEACE is here meant prosperity, all good being by the Hebrews usually understood under the notion of _peace_. The prophets either prophesied evil or good, according as God revealed his will unto th...
Jeremiah 28:9 prophet H5030 prophesies H5012 (H8735) peace H7965 word H1697 prophet H5030 pass H935 (H8800)...
HANANIAH, A CULT PROPHET, DECLARES THAT THERE WILL BE FULL LIBERATION WITHIN TWO YEARS, AND BREAKS JEREMIAH'S YOKE FROM ROUND HIS NECK. JEREMIAH REPLIES THAT HIS OWN WORD FROM YHWH WILL COME TRUE AND...
CONTENTS: Sign of the yokes, continued. False prophecy and death of Hananiah. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Hananiah, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah. CONCLUSION: Those have a great deal to answer for who...
Jeremiah 28:1. _In the beginning._ The LXX read, the fourth year of Zedekiah. _Hananiah,_ by education and profession, _the prophet._ Good men may teach and preach, though their learning be small, yet...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 28:8 Jeremiah’s point is that PEACE and security is the rarer of the two messages described here. Peace requires repentance (Jeremiah 26
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER, &C., _vide_ preceding chapter. The words (Jeremiah 28:1). “_In the beginning_ of the reign,” and immediately described as “in the _fourth...
EXPOSITION Hananiah's false prophecy; his reprimand from Jeremiah; and his fate. The preciseness of the date in verse 1 is to emphasize the supernatural character of Jeremiah's prediction. The latter...
Now in chapter 28: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, wh...
Deuteronomy 18:22; Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:16;...