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Jeremiah 28:11

And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

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ASV

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
חֲנַנְיָה֩cha.nan.YahHananiahH2608 →
לְעֵינֵ֨יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
כֹּה֮kohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כָּ֣כָהKa.khahthusH3602 →
אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר'esh.BorI will breakH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֹ֣ל׀'ol[the] yoke ofH5923 →
נְבֻֽכַדְנֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֗לba.VelBabylonH894 →
בְּעוֹד֙be.'Odin yetH5750 →
שְׁנָתַ֣יִםshe.na.Ta.yimtwo yearsH8141 →
יָמִ֔יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
מֵעַ֕לme.'Al-from onH5921 →
צַוַּ֖ארtza.Var[the] neck ofH6677 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
וַיֵּ֛לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980 →
יִרְמְיָ֥הyir.me.YahJeremiahH3414 →
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030 →
לְדַרְכּֽוֹ׃ פle.dar.Koto way hisH1870 →

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Jeremiah 28:15Then 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.2 Chronicles 18:22–23So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”Proverbs 14:7Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.Jeremiah 29:9For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 27:2–12This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.1 Kings 22:11–12Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”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, the futility and delusion of their own minds.1 Samuel 18:10The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,Jeremiah 28:1In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”2 Chronicles 18:10Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,Jeremiah 28:2–4“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Ezekiel 13:7Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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