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Jeremiah 28
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From a Wooden to an Iron Yoke

28Later that same year (it was in the fifth month of King Zedekiah's fourth year) Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, confronted Jeremiah in the Temple of GOD in front of the priests and all the people who were there.H8141H7225H4467H6667H4428H3063H7243H8141H2549H2320H2608H1121H5809H5030H1391H559H1004H3068H5869H3548H5971H559 2Hananiah said: "This Message is straight from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: 'I will most certainly break the yoke of the king of Babylon.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H7665H5923H4428H894 3Before two years are out I'll have all the furnishings of GOD's Temple back here, all the things that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon plundered and hauled off to Babylon.H3117H8141H7725H4725H3627H3068H1004H5019H4428H894H3947H4725H935H894 4I'll also bring back Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the exiles who were taken off to Babylon.' GOD's Decree. 'Yes, I will break the king of Babylon's yoke. You'll no longer be in harness to him.'"H7725H4725H3204H1121H3079H4428H3063H1546H3063H935H894H5002H3068H7665H5923H4428H894 5Prophet Jeremiah stood up to Prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people who were in GOD's Temple that day.H5030H3414H559H5030H2608H5869H3548H5869H5971H5975H1004H3068 6Prophet Jeremiah said, "Wonderful! Would that it were true—that GOD would validate your preaching by bringing the Temple furnishings and all the exiles back from Babylon.H5030H3414H559H543H3068H6213H3068H6965H1697H5012H7725H3627H3068H1004H1473H894H4725 7But listen to me, listen closely. Listen to what I tell both you and all the people here today:H8085H1697H1696H241H241H5971 8The old prophets, the ones before our time, preached judgment against many countries and kingdoms, warning of war and disaster and plague.H5030H6440H6440H5769H5012H7227H776H1419H4467H4421H7451H1698 9So any prophet who preaches that everything is just fine and there's nothing to worry about stands out like a sore thumb. We'll wait and see. If it happens, it happens—and then we'll know that GOD sent him."H5030H5012H7965H1697H5030H935H227H5030H3045H3068H571H7971 10At that, Hananiah grabbed the yoke from Jeremiah's shoulders and smashed it.H2608H5030H3947H4133H5030H3414H6677H7665 11And then he addressed the people: "This is GOD's Message: In just this way I will smash the yoke of the king of Babylon and get him off the neck of all the nations—and within two years." Jeremiah walked out.H2608H559H5869H5971H559H559H3068H7665H5923H5019H4428H894H6677H1471H3117H8141H5030H3414H3212H1870 12Later, sometime after Hananiah had smashed the yoke from off his shoulders, Jeremiah received this Message from GOD:H1697H3068H3414H310H2608H5030H7665H4133H6677H5030H3414H559 13"Go back to Hananiah and tell him, 'This is GOD's Message: You smashed the wooden yoke-bars; now you've got iron yoke-bars.H1980H559H2608H559H559H3068H7665H4133H6086H6213H4133H1270 14This is a Message from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's own God: I've put an iron yoke on all these nations. They're harnessed to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. They'll do just what he tells them. Why, I'm even putting him in charge of the wild animals.'"H559H3068H6635H430H3478H5414H5923H1270H6677H1471H5647H5019H4428H894H5647H5414H2416H7704 15So prophet Jeremiah told prophet Hananiah, "Hold it, Hananiah! GOD never sent you. You've talked the whole country into believing a pack of lies!H559H5030H3414H2608H5030H8085H2608H3068H7971H5971H982H8267 16And so GOD says, 'You claim to be sent? I'll send you all right—right off the face of the earth! Before the year is out, you'll be dead because you fomented sedition against GOD.'"H559H3068H7971H6440H127H8141H4191H1696H5627H3068 17Prophet Hananiah died that very year, in the seventh month.H2608H5030H4191H8141H7637H2320


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