Jeremiah · Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah 28 Bible in Basic English
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1 And it came about in that year, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur the prophet, who came from Gibeon, said to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, before the priests and all the people,
1 That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in Yahweh’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2 These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.
2 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 In the space of two years I will send back into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took away from this place to Babylon:
3 Within two full years I will bring again into this place all the vessels of Yahweh’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
4 And I will let Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, come back to this place, with all the prisoners of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord: for I will have the yoke of the king of Babylon broken.
4 I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, before the priests and all the people who had come into the house of the Lord,
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in Yahweh’s house,
6 The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place.
6 even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May Yahweh do so. May Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.
7 But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people:
7 Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
8 The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.
8 The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
9 The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.
9 As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet happens, then the prophet will be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.”
10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.
10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
11 And before all the people Hananiah said, The Lord has said, Even so will I let the yoke of the king of Babylon be broken off the necks of all the nations in the space of two years. Then the prophet Jeremiah went away.
11 Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Yahweh says: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 Then after the yoke had been broken off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah by Hananiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
12 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13 Go and say to Hananiah, This is what the Lord has said: Yokes of wood have been broken by you, but in their place I will make yokes of iron.
13 “Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
14 For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, making them servants to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they are to be his servants: and in addition I have given him the beasts of the field.
14 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. I have also given him the animals of the field.”’”
15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Give ear, now, Hananiah; the Lord has not sent you; but you are making this people put their faith in what is false.
15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! Yahweh has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
16 For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord.
16 Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’”
17 So death came to Hananiah the prophet the same year, in the seventh month.
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
People & places in this chapter
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Azzur
Named as the father of Hananiah the prophet of Gibeon.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 28:1
Hananiah
The prophet from Gibeon who, in Zedekiah's fourth year, contradicted Jeremiah in the temple and then died.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 28:5; Jeremiah 28:10
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 27:1; Joshua 9:3; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 37:13
- 2 Jeremiah 27:2–12; Ezekiel 13:5–16; Micah 3:11
- 3 2 Kings 24:13; Daniel 1:2; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Genesis 47:28; Psalm 90:10
- 4 Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 24:1; 2 Kings 25:27–30; Jeremiah 28:2; Jeremiah 24:5
- 5 Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 7:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Jeremiah 19:14
- 6 Psalm 41:13; 1 Kings 1:36; Jeremiah 11:5; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 106:48
- 7 1 Kings 22:28
- 8 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 22:8; Deuteronomy 4:26–27; Leviticus 26:14–46; 1 Samuel 3:11–14
- 9 Deuteronomy 18:22; Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:11
- 10 Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 36:23–24; 1 Kings 22:11; Jeremiah 28:2; Malachi 3:13
- 11 Proverbs 14:7; 2 Chronicles 18:22–23; Jeremiah 29:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:2–12
- 12 Jeremiah 1:2; 2 Kings 20:4; 1 Chronicles 17:3; Jeremiah 29:30; Daniel 9:2
- 13 Psalm 149:8; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 27:15
- 14 Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 27:6–7; Daniel 2:38; Jeremiah 25:9–26; Isaiah 14:4–6
- 15 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2–3; Ezekiel 22:28
- 16 Jeremiah 29:32; Genesis 7:4; Exodus 32:12; 1 Kings 13:34; Deuteronomy 6:15
- 17 Zechariah 1:6; Isaiah 44:25–26
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