Jeremiah 28:15
in Jeremiah 28Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
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ASV
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhen Jeremiah admonishes him, saying, "Listen, Hananiah, the Lord did not send you," he omits the title "prophet," for how could he call him a prophet who refused to be sent by the Lord? But the truth and order of history is preserved, as we said above, not according to what was but according to what was thought to be at the time. He says, in effect, "You have deceived the people with a falsehood, to prevent them from agreeing with the judgment of God. Hence, you know that this will be the year you die."
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to
on Jeremiah 28:15-17
Jeremiah's sentence is exact: “The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.” The charge is rebellion, the charge later laid on Shemaiah in chapter 29. Hananiah died “in the seventh month of that very year,” two months after his promise.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 5 onwards) And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah: Listen, Hananiah: The Lord did not send you, and yet you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will send (or cast) you away from the face of the earth, you will die this year. And what follows: Because you have spoken against the Lord. And Hananiah the prophet died in that year, in the seventh month, which is not mentioned in the Septuagint. For as much as they have set him forth above: He died in the seventh month. And this Ananias is not spoken of in the Septuagint as a prophet, though the Holy Scripture of the Hebrews calls him a prophet, even though Jeremiah accuses him, saying: Hear, Ananias, the Lord has not sent you, yet thou have prophesied. For how could he call him a prophet, whom he denied to be sent by the Lord? But the truth and order of the history is preserved, as we have said, not according to what it was, but according to what it was thought to be at that time. You deceived, he says, the people with a lie, so that they would not submit to the judgments of God. Therefore, you know that you will die this year. When we die, we are released from the prisons of the body, according to that testimony, which heretics interpret wrongly: Bring my soul out of prison (Ps. 141:8): so how is death now imposed as a punishment on false prophets? But in this place it should be noted that Jeremiah, after suffering injury from a false prophet, and before receiving a direct message from the Lord, remains silent; later, however, sent by the Lord, he boldly accuses the liar and announces his impending death. And that he who usually translates the seventh month is said to rest under this number, perhaps they falsely claim that he died in the seventh month so that he may be freed from the evils of the body, according to what they quote from the writing. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Hear now, Hananiah; the Lord hath not sent thee - This was a bold speech in the presence of those priests and people who were prejudiced in favor of this false prophet, who prophesied to them smooth things. In such cases men wish to be deceived.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the beasts of the field have I given to him He rode on a lion and tied a serpent on its head.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֧ה | yirmeyah | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| הַנָּבִ֛יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲנַנְיָ֥ה | chananyah | Hananiah | H2608 → | 29 times |
| הַנָּבִ֖יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| שְׁמַֽע־ | shema'- | listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| חֲנַנְיָ֑ה | chananyah | O Hananiah | H2608 → | 29 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁלָחֲךָ֣ | shelachakha | he sent you | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| הִבְטַ֛חְתָּ | hivtachta | you have made rely | H982 → | 120 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֥ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שָֽׁקֶר׃ | shaker | falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יִרְמְיָ֧הJeremiah
yirmeyahH3414 →147 times
הַנָּבִ֛יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֲנַנְיָ֥הHananiah
chananyahH2608 →29 times
הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
שְׁמַֽע־listen
shema'-H8085 →1159 times
נָ֣אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
חֲנַנְיָ֑הO Hananiah
chananyahH2608 →29 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שְׁלָחֲךָ֣he sent you
shelachakhaH7971 →845 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאַתָּ֗הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
הִבְטַ֛חְתָּyou have made rely
hivtachtaH982 →120 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֥םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שָֽׁקֶר׃falsehood
shakerH8267 →113 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 14:14
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
- Jeremiah 27:15
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jeremiah 23:32
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them,…
- Jeremiah 29:9
For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 14:14
Through
Ezekiel 22:28Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 13:6–7
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Ezekiel 13:10–16
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- Jeremiah 23:25–32
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- Ezekiel 13:6–7
Through
Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 27:10
For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
- Jeremiah 27:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 5:62.2-4; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.