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Jeremiah 28:8

Prophecy

6 “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.

7 Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.

9 As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

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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
The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
KJV
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
WEB
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
ASV
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
DARBY
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
BLB
The prophets who have been before me and before you from of old, even they prophesied to many lands and over great kingdoms regarding war and disaster and pestilence.
ÅB
De profeter som har vært før meg og før deg fra fordums tid, de profeterte mot mange land og mot store riker om krig og ulykke og pest.
OTB
Profetene som kom før deg og meg fra gammel tid profeterte mot mange land og store riker, om krig, ulykke og pest.
B1930
De profeter som har vært før mig og før dig fra fordums tid, de profeterte mot mange land og mot store riker om krig og ulykke og pest.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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  • 1 Kings 22:8

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:26–27

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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  • Leviticus 26:14–46

    If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

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  • 1 Samuel 3:11–14

    Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:27–32

    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?

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  • Joel 3:1–11

    “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

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  • 1 Kings 21:18–24

    “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has gone to take possession.

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