Jeremiah 28:6
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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
7But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people:
Cross References
Numbers 5:22And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.
1 Kings 1:36And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.
Psalms 41:13\41:12\And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.
Psalms 89:52\89:51\The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.
Jeremiah 11:5So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from 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 →