¹⁰Then the prophet Hananiah took the yokeⁿ off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, ¹¹and he said^o before all the people, “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’ ” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

¹²After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³“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. ¹⁴This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke^p on the necks of all these nations to make them serve^q Nebuchadnezzar^r king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.^s’ ”

¹⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent^t you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.^u ¹⁶Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.^v This very year you are going to die,^w because you have preached rebellion^x against the Lord.’ ”

¹⁷In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.^y

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Cross references

nSee Lev 26:13; See 1 Ki 22:11
o Jer 14:14; 27:10
pSee Dt 28:48; See Jer 15:12
q Jer 25:11
r Jer 39:1; Da 1:1; 5:18
sSee Jer 27:6
t Jer 29:31
uSee Jer 7:4; 20:6; 29:21; La 2:14; Eze 13:6
vSee Ge 7:4
w Dt 18:20; Zec 13:3
x Dt 13:5; Jer 29:32
ySee 2 Ki 1:17