Jeremiah 28:9
As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet happens, then the prophet will be known, that the LORD has truly sent him.”
World English Bible Classic
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 18:21You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the 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 will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
Jeremiah 6:14They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 14:13Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
Ezekiel 33:33“When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will 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 →