Jeremiah 28:9
The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then the prophet shall be known that LORD has truly sent him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:21And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which LORD has not spoken?
Isaiah 44:26who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it,
Jeremiah 6:14They have also lightly healed the hurt of my people, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 14:13Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, nor shall ye have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Ezekiel 33:33And when this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.
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 →