Jeremiah 28:1-9

1Now in the same year, 1in the beginning of the reign of 2Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, 3Hananiah the prophet the son of Azzur, who was from 4Gibeon, spoke to me at the house of the Lord in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying, 2“5This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3Within two years I am going to bring back to this place 6all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and brought to Babylon. 4I am 7also going to bring back to this place 8Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the 9exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I will break the 10yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

5Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the sight of the priests and in the sight of all the people who were standing at the 11house of the Lord, 6and Jeremiah the prophet said, “12Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place. 7Yet 13hear now this word which I am going to speak 14so that you and all the people can hear it! 8The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times also 15prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms regarding war, disaster, and plague. 9As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, 16when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the Lord has truly sent.”