Jeremiah 28:8

Jeremiah 28:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
• New International Version (NIV)From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms—of war and disaster and pestilence.

Context of Jeremiah 28:8

6He said, “Amen! May your prophecies come true! I hope the Lord does everything you say. I hope he does bring back from Babylon the treasures of this Temple and all the captives. 7But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people. The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease. 9So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the Lord.” 10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces.

Jeremiah 28:8 word by word

הַנְּבִיאִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֧וּ לְפָנַ֛י וּלְפָנֶ֖יךָ מִן־הָֽעוֹלָ֑ם וַיִּנָּ֨בְא֜וּ אֶל־אֲרָצ֤וֹת רַבּוֹת֙ וְעַל־מַמְלָכ֣וֹת גְּדֹל֔וֹת לְמִלְחָמָ֖ה וּלְרָעָ֥ה וּלְדָֽבֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• that have been beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee of oldעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• prophesiedנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• both against manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and against greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and of evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• and of pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698

Cross-references for Jeremiah 28:8

• Leviticus 26:14“However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands,
• Deuteronomy 4:26“Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
• Deuteronomy 29:18I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you—no man, woman, clan, or tribe—will turn away from the Lord our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit.
• Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
• 1 Samuel 2:27One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: “I revealed myself to your ancestors when they were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 3:11Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.
• 1 Kings 14:7Give your husband, Jeroboam, this message from the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I promoted you from the ranks of the common people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”
• 1 Kings 21:18“Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth’s vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself.
• 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the Lord for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat replied, “That’s not the way a king should talk! Let’s hear what he has to say.”
• Isaiah 5:1Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.
• Isaiah 6:9And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’
• Isaiah 13:18The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”
• Isaiah 24:1Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The prophets that have been before me - Namely, Joel, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and others; all of whom denounced similar evils against a corrupt people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Jeremiah‘s own wishes concurred with Hananiah‘s prediction, but asserts that that prediction was at variance with the language of the older prophets. Jeremiah 28:9 Then shall the prophet … - Or, “shall be known as the prophet whom the Lord hath truly sent.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9People can be sure a prophet speaks the Lord's word only if his predictions come true (Deuteronomy 18:20–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. prophets ... before me--Hosea, Joel, Amos, and others. evil--a few manuscripts, read "famine," which is more usually associated with the specification of war and pestilence (Jr 15:2; 18:21; 27:8, 13). But evil here includes all the calamities flowing from war, not merely famine, but also desolation, &c. Evil, being the more difficult reading, is less likely to be the interpolated one than famine, which probably originated in copying the parallel…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Hananiah
• Yoke
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

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