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Jeremiah 28:4

in Jeremiah 28

And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

KJV

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.

This verse in Jeremiah 28

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(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 Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jeconiah - Zedekiah not being popular, the people would have preferred the young king, who had not reigned long enough to make enemies. Probably also Zedekiah had started for Babylon Jer 51:59.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Jeconiah--not necessarily implying that Hananiah wished Zedekiah to be superseded by Jeconiah. The main point intended was that the restoration from Babylon should be complete. But, doubtless, the false prophet foretold Jeconiah's return (2Ki 24:12-15), to ingratiate himself with the populace, with whom Jeconiah was a favorite (see on Jer 22:24).

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יְכָנְיָ֣הJeconiah

    yekhaneyahH32047 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H11214930 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִ֣יםJehoiakim

    yehoyakimH307937 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • יְ֠הוּדָהJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • גָּל֨וּת[the] exile[s] of

    galutH154615 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • הַבָּאִ֣יםwho went

    habaimH9352568 times

  • בָּבֶ֗לָהBabylon towards

    bavelahH894262 times

  • אֲנִ֥יI

    ʾaniH589874 times

  • מֵשִׁ֛יב[will] bring back

    meshivH77251056 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הַמָּק֥וֹםthe place

    hamakomH4725401 times

  • הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this

    hazehH20881180 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002376 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH35884482 times

  • אֶשְׁבֹּ֔רI will break

    ʾeshborH7665147 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • עֹ֖ל[the] yoke of

    ʾolH592340 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon

    bavelH894262 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 30:8

    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

    it leads to

    • Nahum 1:13

      For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

    • Ezekiel 34:27

      The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when…

    • Isaiah 9:4

      For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 24:1

    After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 29:2

      (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

    • 2 Chronicles 36:10

      In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 22:24

    “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 37:1

      Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

    • 1 Chronicles 3:16

      The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.

    • Song of Solomon 8:6

      Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest…

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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.