Jeremiah 28:13

dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

In Context

12Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken the work in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,

14For the Lord has sworn by his arm, saying, I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:48And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

Psalms 149:8To bind their kings with fetters, 1 And their nobles with manacles of iron; 1

Lamentations 2:14Thy prophets have seen for thee 1 Vanities and folly: 1 And they have not discovered thine iniquity, 1 To turn back thy captivity; 1 But they have seen for thee vain burdens, 1 And worthless visions. 1

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 →

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