Jeremiah 28:16

sn There is a play on words here in Hebrew between “did not send you” and “will … remove you.” The two verbs are from the same root word in Hebrew. The first is the simple active and the second is the intensive.

sn In giving people false assurances of restoration when the Lord had already told them to submit to Babylon, Hananiah was really counseling rebellion against the Lord. What Hananiah had done was contrary to the law of Deut 13:6 and was punishable by death.