Jeremiah 28:2

Jeremiah 28:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.

Context of Jeremiah 28:2

1In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. 4I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."

Jeremiah 28:2 word by word

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁבַ֞רְתִּי אֶת־עֹ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus speakethאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• I have brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894

Cross-references for Jeremiah 28:2

• Jeremiah 27:2Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
• Ezekiel 13:5You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord.
• Micah 3:11Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us."

Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thus speaketh the Lord - What awful impudence! when he knew in his conscience that God had given him no such commission.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Hananiah's message was the accepted propaganda, but he used strong words (Jeremiah 27:4) to claim the Lord's authority. Judah had been under the control of the king of Babylon since 597 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. broken the yoke--I have determined to break: referring to Jeremiah's prophecy (Jr 27:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 28:2

• Yoke

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• God
• Israel
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Lord of Hosts
• Hananiah
• Yoke

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