¹⁰Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it. ¹¹Hananiah said in front of all the people, “This is what the Lord says: In the same way, I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.” Then the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

¹²After the prophet Hananiah broke the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said, ¹³“Tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken the wooden yoke, but I^bwill replace it with an iron yoke. ¹⁴This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations so that they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They will serve him! I will even make wild animals serve him.’ ”

¹⁵Then Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Now listen, Hananiah, the Lord hasn’t sent you. You have made these people believe a lie. ¹⁶This is what the Lord says: I’m going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have encouraged rebellion against the Lord.”

¹⁷So the prophet Hananiah died in the seventh month of that year.

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Footnotes

b 28:13 Greek; Masoretic Text “you.”