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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

7 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 turns it over: “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.” He promises the articles back “Within two years.” At 27:22 Jeremiah had said the articles would stay in Babylon, and Hananiah's fixed two years is the nearer, more pleasing word.

This site's exposition

restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim

Hananiah promises the return of Jeconiah, the king taken to Babylon, while Zedekiah sits on the throne. Barnes notes that Zedekiah was unpopular and the people preferred the young king. The promise set one king against the other.

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.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יְכָנְיָ֣הJeconiah

    yekhaneyahH3204 →7 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִ֣יםJehoiakim

    yehoyakimH3079 →37 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְ֠הוּדָהJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • גָּל֨וּת[the] exile[s] of

    galutH1546 →15 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • הַבָּאִ֣יםwho went

    habaimH935 →2568 times

  • בָּבֶ֗לָהBabylon towards

    bavelahH894 →262 times

  • אֲנִ֥יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • מֵשִׁ֛יב[will] bring back

    meshivH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַמָּק֥וֹםthe place

    hamakomH4725 →401 times

  • הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֶשְׁבֹּ֔רI will break

    ʾeshborH7665 →147 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עֹ֖ל[the] yoke of

    ʾolH5923 →40 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon

    bavelH894 →262 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…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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.