Focused Passage

Jeremiah 28:12-17

Hananiah Breaks the Yoke and the LORD Exposes False Peace

The chapter moves from Hananiah's public promise of quick deliverance, to Jeremiah's cautious test of peace prophecy, to Hananiah's symbolic breaking of the wooden yoke, to the LORD's counterword of iron yokes, and finally to Hananiah's death as judgment for lying rebellion.

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12But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

13“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’

14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

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.

16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

17And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died.

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Verse 12

Original words

But shortly afterאַ֠חֲרֵיH310PrepositionHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֤הH2608Noun - proper - masculine singularthe prophetהַנָּבִיא֙H5030Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerhad brokenשְׁב֞וֹרH7665Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe yokeהַמּוֹטָ֔הH4133Article | Noun - feminine singularoffמֵעַ֗לH5921Preposition-m[his] neckצַוַּ֛ארH6677Noun - masculine singular construct. . .יִרְמְיָ֥הH3414Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הַנָּבִ֖יאH5030Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .לֵאמֹֽר׃H559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe wordדְבַר־H1697Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularcameוַיְהִ֥יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶֽל־H413PrepositionJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֑הH3414Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 13

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Goהָלוֹךְ֩H1980Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteand tellוְאָמַרְתָּ֨H559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular. . .אֶל־H413PrepositionHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֜הH2608Noun - proper - masculine singularthat this is whatכֹּ֚הH3541Adverb. . .אָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysלֵאמֹ֗רH559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructYou have brokenשָׁבָ֑רְתָּH7665Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singulara yokeמוֹטֹ֥תH4133Noun - feminine plural constructof woodעֵ֖ץH6086Noun - masculine singularbut in its placeתַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ןH8478Preposition | third person feminine pluralyou have fashionedוְעָשִׂ֥יתָH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singulara yokeמֹט֥וֹתH4133Noun - feminine plural constructof ironבַּרְזֶֽל׃H1270Noun - masculine singular
Verse 14

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Forכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionthis is whatכֹֽה־H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֨הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָא֜וֹתH6635Noun - common pluralthe Godאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַר֩H559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI have putנָתַ֜תִּיH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singulara yokeעֹ֣לH5923Noun - masculine singular constructof ironבַּרְזֶ֡לH1270Noun - masculine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositionthe neckצַוַּ֣אר׀H6677Noun - masculine singular constructof allכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructtheseהָאֵ֗לֶּהH428Article | Pronoun - common pluralnationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םH1471Article | Noun - masculine pluralto make them serveלַעֲבֹ֛דH5647Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerNebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רH5019Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶ֖לH894Noun - proper - feminine singularand they will serve himוַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּH5647Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singularI have evenוְגַ֛םH1571Conjunction-אֶת־H853Direct object markergiven him controlנָתַ֥תִּיH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularof the beastsחַיַּ֥תH2416Noun - feminine singular constructof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הH7704Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 15

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Then the prophetהַנָּבִ֛יאH5030Article | Noun - masculine singularJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֧הH3414Noun - proper - masculine singularsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe prophetהַנָּבִ֖יאH5030Article | Noun - masculine singularHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֥הH2608Noun - proper - masculine singularListenשְׁמַֽע־H8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular. . .נָ֣אH4994InterjectionHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֑הH2608Noun - proper - masculine singularThe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singulardid notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesend youשְׁלָחֲךָ֣H7971Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularbut youוְאַתָּ֗הH859Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singularhave persuadedהַזֶּ֖הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularthis peopleהָעָ֥םH5971Article | Noun - masculine singularto trustהִבְטַ֛חְתָּH982Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerinעַל־H5921Prepositiona lieשָֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singular
Verse 16

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Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןH3651Adverbthis is whatכֹּ֚הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הִנְנִי֙H2005Interjection | first person common singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI am about to remove youמְשַֽׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֔H7971Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularfromמֵעַ֖לH5921Preposition-mthe faceפְּנֵ֣יH6440Noun - common plural constructof the earthהָאֲדָמָ֑הH127Article | Noun - feminine singularYouאַתָּ֣הH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularwill dieמֵ֔תH4191Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthis yearהַשָּׁנָה֙H8141Article | Noun - feminine singularbecauseכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou have preachedדִבַּ֖רְתָּH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularrebellionסָרָ֥הH5627Noun - feminine singularagainstאֶל־H413Prepositionthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 17

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And in the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃פH7637Article | Number - ordinal masculine singularmonthבַּחֹ֖דֶשׁH2320Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularof that veryהַהִ֑יאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singularyearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הH8141Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularthe prophetהַנָּבִ֖יאH5030Article | Noun - masculine singularHananiahחֲנַנְיָ֥הH2608Noun - proper - masculine singulardiedוַיָּ֛מָתH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

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