Jeremiah 28:9
The prophet who doth prophesy of peace — by the coming in of the word of the prophet, known is the prophet that Jehovah hath truly sent him.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:21'And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? —
Isaiah 44:26Confirming the word of His servant, The counsel of His messengers it perfecteth, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They shall be built, and her wastes I raise up,
Jeremiah 6:14And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
Jeremiah 14:13And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'
Ezekiel 33:33And in its coming in — lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!'
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 →