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Jeremiah 28:1-3

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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, 2. 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:

Jeremiah 28:1-3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 28:1

Theological / Devotional

The same year. The time of ch. 28, that is, the 4th year of Zedekiah’s reign (approximately 593 B.C.), follows not long after that of ch. 29.

Hananiah. This man seems to have been one of Jeremiah’s most prominent opponents and one of the leaders of the resistance party that was endeavoring to form an alliance with the neighboring nations against Babylon (see ch. 27).

Gibeon. Like Anathoth, this was one of the cities of priests (see Joshua 21:13, 17, 18). This may indicate that Hananiah, like Jeremiah, was a priest as well as a “prophet.” At one time “the tabernacle of the Lord” was at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:4; 1 Chron. 16:39; 2 Chron. 1:3). Gibeon, the modern ej-Jib, was 51/4 mi. (8.4 km.) northwest of Jerusalem.

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