Jeremiah 28:10–17

¹⁰Then Hananiah the prophet took the ^ayoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

¹¹Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “^aThus says the Lord, ‘Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’ ” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

¹²The ^aword of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

¹³“Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them ^ayokes of iron.”

¹⁴‘For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “I have put a ^ayoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will ^bserve him. And ^cI have also given him the beasts of the field.” ’ ”

¹⁵Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and ^ayou have made this people trust in a lie.

¹⁶“Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘^aBehold, I am about to ¹remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to ^bdie, because you have ^2ccounseled rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

¹⁷So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month.