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Jeremiah 28:2

Babylon
Truth and honesty

1 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.

4 And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
KJV
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
WEB
“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
ASV
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
DARBY
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
BLB
“Thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
ÅB
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har brutt i stykker Babels konges åk.
OTB
"Dette sier Herren over hærskarene, Israels Gud: 'Jeg har knust åket til kongen av Babylon.
B1930
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har brutt i stykker Babels konges åk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 27:2–12

    This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

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  • Ezekiel 13:5–16

    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

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  • Micah 3:11

    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

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