Jeremiah 28:2

Thus speaketh Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel saying,—I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

In Context

1And it came to pass in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet who was of Gibeon, spake unto me, in the house of Yahweh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:

3within the space of two years, I am bringing back into this place, all the vessels of the house of Yahweh,—which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, hath taken away from this place, and carried into Babylon.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 27:2Thus, said Yahweh unto me, Make thee, bonds and bars, and put them upon thine own neck.

Micah 3:11Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,—yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.

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 →

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