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Jeremiah 28:10
10And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Jeremiah 28:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.
Context of Jeremiah 28:10
8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 9The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, shall be known as the prophet whom Jehovah hath really sent. And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it. 11And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: So will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
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וַיִּקַּ֞ח חֲנַנְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ אֶת־הַמּוֹטָ֔ה מֵעַ֕ל צַוַּ֖אר יִרְמְיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 28:10
- Jeremiah 28:2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:2Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
- Jeremiah 36:23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe's knife, and cast it into the fire that was in the pan until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the pan.
- 1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and he said, Thus saith Jehovah: With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have exterminated them.
- Malachi 3:13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Then Hananiah - took the yoke - and brake it - He endeavored by this symbolical act to persuade them of the truth of his prediction.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The multitude would see in Hananiah‘s act a symbol of deliverance.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 Hananiah is sentenced to die, and Jeremiah, when he has received direction from God, boldly tells him so; but not before he received that commission. Those have much to answer for, who tell sinners that they shall have peace, though they harden their hearts in contempt of God's word. The servant of God must be gentle to all men. He must give up even his right, and leave the Lord to plead his cause. Every attempt of ungodly men to make vain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11The false prophet Hananiah broke the yoke that Jeremiah was wearing (Jeremiah 27:2) as a sign of what the Lord would do. Jeremiah left the confrontation without replying, likely because he had not yet heard the Lord's response.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the yoke--(Jr 27:2). Impious audacity to break what God had appointed as a solemn pledge of the fulfilment of His word. Hence Jeremiah deigns no reply (Jr 28:11; Mt 7:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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