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Jeremiah 28:2

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon, which the country had then borne for about ten years.

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See also Jeremiah 28:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 28:2. _THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD_] What awful impudence! when he knew in his conscience that God had given him no such commission....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. I HAVE BROKEN. This was proved to be. false promise....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. A Warning to the False prophets Jeremiah 28:1-17 Alongside of the genuine prophet in ancient Israel the counterfeit prophet arose. The appearance of such fakes had been anticipated in the law of Mo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD ... I HAVE BROKEN THE YOKE - I have determined to break; referring...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-11. Opposition of Hananiah and the false prophets....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the GOD OF ISRAEL] a formula of Jeremiah's, and hence, perhaps, assumed by Hananiah as implying an equal claim to inspiration....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE BROKEN THE YOKE... — The word is obviously used with special reference to the symbol which Jeremiah had made so conspicuous (Jeremiah 27:2). With something, it may be, of ironical repetition, h...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֧ה צְבָאֹ֛ות אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I hardly know anything in scripture more striking, and what tends to interest the feelings of the Reader more sensibly, than this short but affecting Chapter. The Prophet Jeremiah knew himself to have...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Using the language of the true prophets, and describing the Lord just in the same manner they do, when coming from him, and speaking in his name...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Ver. 2. _Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel._] Thus this wretch makes overly...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And it came to pass the same year_ Namely, the same in which the preceding prophecy was delivered; for the words manifestly refer to the time specified at the beginning of the foregoing chapter, and...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The false prophet counterfeiteth the style of the true prophets, both in the names which he gives unto God, and in speaking of what God would do, as if already done....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 28:2 speaks H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) broken...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 28:2 THUS SAYS THE LORD. Hananiah claimed divine authority for his false prophecy. I HAVE BROKEN THE YOKE... WITHIN TWO YEARS. Hananiah contradicts Jeremiah’

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 13:5; Jeremiah 27:2; Micah 3:11...

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