Jeremiah 28:1–11
28 And it was in that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur, the prophet who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of Yahweh before the eyes of the priests and all the people, ⌊saying⌋,a 2 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ⌊saying⌋,b ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 ⌊Within two years⌋c I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the house of Yahweh which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took away from this place and brought to Babylon. 4 And Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and all the exilesd from Judah who went to Babylon, I will bring back to this place,’ ⌊declares⌋e Yahweh, ‘For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
5 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet before the eyes of the priests and before the eyes of all the people who were standing in the house of Yahweh, 6 and Jeremiah the prophet said, “Amen! May Yahweh do so; may Yahweh fulfill your words that you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of Yahweh and all the exilesf from Babylon to this place. 7 Nevertheless listen please to this word that I am speaking in your ⌊hearing⌋g and in the ⌊hearing⌋h of all the people, 8 The prophets who were ⌊before⌋i me and ⌊before⌋j you from ancient times prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms of war, and of disaster, and of plague. 9 The prophet who prophesies peace, at the coming of the word of the prophet, will become known as the prophet that Yahweh has ⌊truly⌋k sent.”
10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. 11 Then Hananiah said before the eyes of all the people, ⌊saying⌋,l “Thus says Yahweh, ‘This is how I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ⌊within two years⌋,m from the neck of all the nations.’ ” And Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.