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Jeremiah 28

In the same year, the prophet Hananiah of Gibeon confronts Jeremiah in the temple and announces the opposite: within two full years the LORD will break Babylon's yoke and bring back the vessels and the exiled king Jeconiah. Jeremiah's first reply is startling: "Amen! May the LORD do so." Watch how he then sets a test for prophecy and how Hananiah escalates by smashing the wooden bar off Jeremiah's neck.

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Jeremiah 28 (WEB)

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That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
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“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
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Within two full years I will 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 to Babylon.
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I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says the LORD; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the LORD’s house,
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even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the LORD do so. May the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.
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Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
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The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
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As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet happens, then the prophet will be known, that the LORD has truly sent him.”
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Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
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Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “The LORD says: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
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Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
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“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘The LORD says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
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For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. I have also given him the animals of the field.”’”
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.
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Therefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.’”
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So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

Jeremías 28 (RV1909)

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Y ACONTECIÓ en el mismo año, en el principio del reinado de Sedechîas rey de Judá, en el año cuarto, en el quinto mes, que Hananías, hijo de Azur, profeta que era de Gabaón, me habló en la casa de Jehová delante de los sacerdotes y de todo el pueblo, diciendo:
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Así habló Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, diciendo: Quebranté el yugo del rey de Babilonia.
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Dentro de dos años de días tornaré á este lugar todos los vasos de la casa de Jehová, que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, llevó de este lugar para meterlos en Babilonia;
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Y yo tornaré á este lugar á Jechônías hijo de Joacim, rey de Judá, y á todos los trasportados de Judá que entraron en Babilonia, dice Jehová; porque yo quebrantaré el yugo del rey de Babilonia.
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Entonces respondió Jeremías profeta á Hananías profeta, delante de los sacerdotes y delante de todo el pueblo que estaba en la casa de Jehová.
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Y dijo Jeremías profeta: Amén, así lo haga Jehová. Confirme Jehová tus palabras, con las cuales profetizaste que los vasos de la casa de Jehová, y todos los trasportados, han de ser tornados de Babilonia á este lugar.
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Con todo eso, oye ahora esta palabra que yo hablo en tus oídos y en los oídos de todo el pueblo:
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Los profetas que fueron antes de mí y antes de ti en tiempos pasados, profetizaron sobre muchas tierras y grandes reinos, de guerra, y de aflicción, y de pestilencia.
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El profeta que profetizó de paz, cuando sobreviniere la palabra del profeta, será conocido el profeta que Jehová en verdad lo envió.
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Entonces Hananías profeta quitó el yugo del cuello de Jeremías profeta, y quebrólo.
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Y habló Hananías en presencia de todo el pueblo, diciendo: Así ha dicho Jehová: De esta manera quebraré el yugo de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, del cuello de todas las gentes dentro de dos años de días. Y fuése Jeremías su camino.
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Y después que Hananías profeta quebró el yugo del cuello de Jeremías profeta, fué palabra de Jehová á Jeremías, diciendo:
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Ve, y habla á Hananías, diciendo: Así ha dicho Jehová: Yugos de madera quebraste, mas en vez de ellos harás yugos de hierro.
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Porque así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Yugo de hierro puse sobre el cuello de todas estas gentes, para que sirvan á Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, y han de servirle; y aun también le he dado las bestias del campo.
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Entonces dijo el profeta Jeremías á Hananías profeta: Ahora oye, Hananías; Jehová no te envió, y tú has hecho confiar á este pueblo en mentira.
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Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que yo te envío de sobre la haz de la tierra: morirás en este año, porque hablaste rebelión contra Jehová.
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Y en el mismo año murió Hananías en el mes séptimo.

Wood broken, iron promised

Hananiah's dramatic gesture backfires. Jeremiah leaves, then returns with a sharpened word: you have broken bars of wood, but in their place are bars of iron. The symbol Hananiah destroyed is replaced by a heavier one he cannot touch.

The chapter closes by naming the stakes Jeremiah laid out earlier (28:9): the true prophet is the one whose word comes to pass. Hananiah dies that seventh month, and the date stamp turns the duel into a verdict.