JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 28:1 GIBEON. A town 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Jerusalem. Thus, HANANIAH, like Jeremiah, lived in the territory of Benjamin (Jeremiah 1:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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’s prophecy concerning BABYLON (Jeremiah 27:8) and the temple’s VESSELS (Jeremiah 27:19). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
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 26:18), which has not occurred. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 28:12 God says that Hananiah’s prophecy turns the YOKE-BARS of surrender into a yoke of devastation by leading people to ignore God’s advice to surrender to NEBUCHADNEZZAR (Jeremiah 27:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.le... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 28:16 HANANIAH’s prophecy was rebellion AGAINST THE LORD. He died two months after uttering it (vv. Jeremiah 28:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]