Jeremiah 28:11
And Hananias spoke in the presence of all the people, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon after two full years from off the neck of all the nations.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:18He said to him: I also am a prophet like unto thee: and an angel spoke to me in the word of the Lord, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him,
1 Kings 22:11And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.
2 Chronicles 18:22Now therefore behold the Lord hath put a spirit of lying in the mouth of all thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.
Jeremiah 14:14And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart.
Jeremiah 27:2Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
Jeremiah 29:9For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 28:11-17
Hananiah Condemned. ( b. c. 597.) 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12 Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of… Read the whole commentary →