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Jeremiah 28
The Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 28:1 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,
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The same year = As Jeremiah 27:12, when Jeremiah
spoke to Zedekiah; not Jeremiah 27:1, when he
received the message which was to be delivered.
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The same year in which Jeremiah had counseled
Zedekiah not to hearken to the false prophets
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Jeremiah 27:14 Therefore hearken not unto the words
of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye
shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they
prophesy a lie unto you.
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Hananiah. A false prophet. Compare Jeremiah
27:12,14.
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Gibeon = A city of the priests
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Joshua 21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin,
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs.
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Hananiah was therefore probably a priest as
Jeremiah was.
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In the house = Compare Jeremiah 26:2 Thus saith
the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord's
house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah,
which come to worship in the Lord's house, all
the words that I command thee to speak unto
them; diminish not a word:
3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man
from his evil way, that I may repent me of the
evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of
the evil of their doings.
2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the
yoke of the king of Babylon.
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The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel.
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I have broken = This was proved to be a false
promise.
3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of
the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place,
and carried them to Babylon:
4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of
Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord:
for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of
the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of
the Lord,
6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy
words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord's
house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the
ears of all the people;
8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both
against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of
pestilence.
9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall
come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent
him.
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.
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Evil = calamity = with one early printed
edition, read "famine".
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Jeremiah 27:8 And it shall come to pass, that
the nation and kingdom which will not serve the
same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and
that will not put their neck under the yoke of
the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish,
saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the
famine, and with the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand.
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 the prophet Jeremiah,
saying,
13 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.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of
iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the
field also.
15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah;
The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of
the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against
the Lord.
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Rebellion = Zedekiah had taken an oath of
allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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Seventh month = two months after, instead
of "two years"
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Jeremiah 28:3 Within two full years will I bring
again into this place all the vessels of the
Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon took away from this place, and carried
them to Babylon:
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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