Jeremiah 28:10
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?
Jeremiah 28:2Thus speaks LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 36:23And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 28:2-10
Hananiah's False Prophecy. ( b. c. 597.) 1 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, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord , in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all… Read the whole commentary →