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Jeremiah 28:2

Babylon
Truth and honesty

1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith 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

    Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

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  • Ezekiel 13:5–16

    Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

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  • Micah 3:11

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

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