Jeremiah 28:6

Jeremiah 28:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
• New International Version (NIV)He said, “Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.

Context of Jeremiah 28:6

4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith Yhwh: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Yhwh, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Yhwh do so: Yhwh perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yhwh's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; 8The 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.

Jeremiah 28:6 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִרְמְיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא אָמֵ֕ן כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה יָקֵ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֶת־דְּבָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִבֵּ֗אתָ לְהָשִׁ֞יב כְּלֵ֤י בֵית־יְהוָה֙ וְכָל־הַגּוֹלָ֔ה מִבָּבֶ֖ל אֶל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Even the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Amenאָמֵן'âmên · amenH543
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• performקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• thy wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• which thou hast prophesiedנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• to bring againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• the vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• and all that is carried away captiveגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• from Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• into this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Jeremiah 28:6

• Numbers 5:22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
• Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto Yhwh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
• 1 Kings 1:36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Yhwh God of my lord the king say so too.
• 1 Chronicles 16:36Blessed be Yhwh God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Yhwh.
• Psalms 41:13Blessed be Yhwh God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
• Psalms 72:19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
• Psalms 89:52Blessed be Yhwh for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
• Psalms 106:48Blessed be Yhwh God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Hallelujah.
• Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• 1 Corinthians 14:16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
• 2 Corinthians 1:20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
• Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Revelation 3:14And unto the angel of the Assembly of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the head of the creation of God;
• Revelation 5:14And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
• Revelation 19:4And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Amen; the Lord do so - O that it might be according to thy word! May the people find this to be true!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. 5-6Amen! (literally So be it!): Jeremiah would have been pleased if this prediction came true.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Amen--Jeremiah prays for the people, though constrained to prophesy against them (1Ki 1:36). The event was the appointed test between contradictory predictions (De 18:21, 22). "Would that what you say were true!" I prefer the safety of my country even to my own estimation. The prophets had no pleasure in announcing God's judgment, but did so as a matter of stern duty, not thereby divesting themselves of their natural feelings of sorrow for their…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 28:6

• Amen

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Jeremiah
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Amen
• Hananiah
• Jeremiah (1)
• 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