Jeremiah 28:13

Jeremiah 28:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Go, tell Hananiah, 'Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Go and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron.”

Context of Jeremiah 28:13

11Hananiah proclaimed in the presence of all the people, saying, thus says Adonai: “Just so I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.” So the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12Then the word of Adonai came to Jeremiah after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke-bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying: “Go, tell Hananiah, saying, thus says Adonai: ‘You have broken the yoke-bars of wood—but in its place you will make yoke-bars of iron.’” 14For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, so that they may serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They will serve him, and I have also given him the beasts of the field.” 15Then said the prophet Jeremiah to the prophet Hananiah: “Hear now, Hananiah! Adonai has not sent you, yet you have caused this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 28:13 word by word

הָלוֹךְ֩ וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֶל־חֲנַנְיָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מוֹטֹ֥ת עֵ֖ץ שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ן מֹט֥וֹת בַּרְזֶֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Hananiahחֲנַנְיָ֫הוּchănanyâh chănanyâhû · HananiahH2608
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Thou hast brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the yokesמוֹטָהmôţâh · yokeH4133
• of woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• but thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270

Cross-references for Jeremiah 28:13

• Jeremiah 27:15“For I have not sent them,” says Adonai, “and they prophesy falsely in My Name, with the result that I will drive you out, and that you will perish—you and the prophets that prophesy to you.”
• Psalms 149:8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,
• Lamentations 2:14Your prophets have seen for you false and worthless visions. They did not expose your iniquity, so as to restore your captivity. Rather, they have seen for you false and worthless oracles.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Yokes of iron - Instead of Nebuchadnezzar's yoke being broken, this captivity shall be more severe than the preceding. All these nations shall have a yoke of iron on their neck. He shall subdue them and take all their property, even the beasts of the field.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. 12-14Jeremiah delivered the Lord's response to the false prophecy. Hananiah broke a wooden yoke, but it was replaced by a symbolic iron yoke. Submission to Babylon was certain because the Lord had decreed it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Thou hast broken ... wood ... thou shalt make ... iron--Not here, "Thou hast broken ... wood," and "I will make ... iron" (compare Jr 28:16). The same false prophets who, by urging the Jews to rebel, had caused them to throw off the then comparatively easy yoke of Babylon, thereby brought on them a more severe yoke imposed by that city. "Yokes of iron," alluding to De 28:48. It is better to take up a light cross in our way, than to pull a heavier on…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 28:13

• Iron

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