false prophets like Hananiah—that the exile would last only for a short while (Jer 28:1–4). Jeremiah was going through the streets of Jerusalem wearing an animal yoke on his neck, symbolizing Judah’s subjugation and bondage to Babylon. Hananiah confronted Jeremiah, smashed the wooden yoke he was wearing on the ground, and then promised that within two years Yahweh would bring home King Jehoiachin and all the other exiles taken to Babylon. The people obviously responded more favorably to this positive