Jeremiah 28:3
in Jeremiah 28Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
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ASV
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:
KJV
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:
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This verse in Jeremiah 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Jeremiah 28:3-4
(Vers. 3, 4.) What Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, brought from this place, he also brought to Babylon. And I will bring back Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon, to this place, declares the Lord. For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Regarding these matters, the LXX translated: Jehoiachin and the exiles of Judah, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon, summarizing the meaning of the Hebrew truth rather than giving word-for-word translations.
This site's exposition
I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon
on Jeremiah 28:2-4
Hananiah takes up Jeremiah's own picture and inverts it, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon, promising the vessels' return and Jeconiah's release with all the captives within two full years. The claim directly contradicts what Jeremiah had just said in the previous chapter, that the remaining vessels would go to Babylon and stay until the Lord visits them, no date given. Hananiah's message is more attractive precisely because it is nearer and more specific, a fixed two years against Jeremiah's undated word, which the commentators mark as the shape every false comfort tends to take.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on Jeremiah 28:2-4
Now, upon the reading of this sham prophecy, and comparing it with the messages that God sent by the true prophets, we may observe what a vast difference there is between them. Here is nothing of the spirit and life, the majesty of style and sublimity of expression, that appear in the discourses of God's prophets, nothing of that divine flame and flatus.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Within two full years - literally, In yet two years even days. Hananiah probably was induced to fix this date by the expectation that the confederacy then on foot would defeat Nebuchadnezzar.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּע֣וֹד׀ | beod | in yet | H5750 → | 490 times |
| שְׁנָתַ֣יִם | shenatayim | two years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יָמִ֗ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲנִ֤י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| מֵשִׁיב֙ | meshiv | [will] bring back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמָּק֣וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֖י | kelei | [the] articles of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָקַ֜ח | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| נְבוּכַדנֶאצַּ֤ר | nevukhadnetzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶל֙ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַמָּק֣וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם | vayviem | and he brought them | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בָּבֶֽל׃ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
בְּע֣וֹד׀in yet
beodH5750 →490 times
שְׁנָתַ֣יִםtwo years
shenatayimH8141 →877 times
יָמִ֗יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
אֲנִ֤יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
מֵשִׁיב֙[will] bring back
meshivH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמָּק֣וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֖י[the] articles of
keleiH3627 →325 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָקַ֜חhe took
lakachH3947 →966 times
נְבוּכַדנֶאצַּ֤רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadnetzarH5019 →60 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶל֙Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַמָּק֣וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַיְבִיאֵ֖םand he brought them
vayviemH935 →2568 times
בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon
bavelH894 →262 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
Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 27:19–20
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Zechariah 5:11
“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
Through
Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 78:39
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
- 2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
- Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.