Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
WEB
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
YLT
And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
DBT
And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile