Dual Panel1The following events occurred <01961> in that same <01931> year <08141>, early <07225> in the reign <04467> of King <04428> Zedekiah <06667> of Judah <03063>. To be more precise, it was the fifth <02549> month <02320> of the fourth <07243> year <08141> of his reign. The prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> son <01121> of Azzur <05809>, who <0834> was from Gibeon <01391>, spoke <0559> to <0413> Jeremiah in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> in the presence <05869> of the priests <03548> and all <03605> the people <05971>.
2“The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘I will break <07665> the yoke <05923> of servitude to the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.
3Before <05750> two years <08141> are over <03117>, I <0589> will bring back <07725> to <0413> this <02088> place <04725> everything <03627> <03605> that <0834> King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> took <03947> from <04480> it and carried away <0935> to Babylon <0894>.
4I <0589> will also bring back <07725> to <0413> this <02088> place <04725> Jehoiakim’s <03079> son <01121> King <04428> Jeconiah <03204> of Judah <03063> and all <03605> the exiles <01546> who were taken <0935> to Babylon <0894>.’ Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> affirms <05002>, ‘I will break <07665> the yoke <05923> of servitude to the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.’”
5Then the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> responded <0559> to <0413> the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> in the presence <05869> of the priests <03548> and all <03605> the people <05971> who were standing <05975> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
6The prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> said <0559>, “Amen <0543>! May the Lord <03069> do <06213> all this <03651>! May the Lord <03069> make <06965> your prophecy <05012> <01697> come true! May he bring back <07725> to <0413> this <02088> place <04725> from Babylon <0894> all the valuable articles <03627> taken from the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and the people <03605> who were carried into exile <01473>.
7But <0389> listen <08085> to what <01697> I <0595> say <01696> to you and to all <03605> these people <05971>.
8From <04480> earliest times <05769>, the prophets <05030> who <0834> preceded <06440> <01961> you and me invariably prophesied <05012> war <04421>, disaster <07451>, and plagues <01698> against <0413> many <07227> countries <0776> and great <01419> kingdoms <04467>.
9So if <0834> a prophet <05030> prophesied <05012> peace <07965> and prosperity, it <05030> was only known <03045> that <0834> the Lord <03068> truly sent <07971> him when what <01697> he prophesied <05030> came <0935> true <0571>.”
10The prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> then took <03947> the yoke <04133> off <05921> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah’s <03414> neck <06677> and broke <07665> it.
11Then he spoke <0559> up in the presence <05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>. “The Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘In the same way <03602> I will break <07665> the yoke <05923> of servitude <06677> of all <03605> the nations <01471> to King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> before <05750> two years <08141> are over <05921>.’” After he heard this, the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> departed and went <01980> on his way <01870>.
12But shortly <01961> after <0310> the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> had broken <07665> the yoke <04133> off <05921> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah’s <03414> neck <06677>, the Lord <03068> spoke <01697> to <0413> Jeremiah <03414>.
13“Go <01980> and tell <0559> Hananiah <02608> that the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘You have indeed broken <07665> the wooden <06086> yoke <04133>. But you have <06213> only succeeded in replacing <08478> it with an iron <01270> one!
14For <03588> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, “I have put <05414> an irresistible <01270> yoke <05923> of servitude <06677> on <05921> all <03605> these <0428> nations <01471> so they will serve <05647> King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894>. And they will indeed serve <05647> him. I have even <01571> given <05414> him control over the wild <07704> animals <02416>.”’”
15Then the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> told <0559> the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608>, “Listen <08085>, Hananiah <02608>! The Lord <03068> did not <03808> send <07971> you! You <0859> are making these <02088> people <05971> trust <0982> in <05921> a lie <08267>!
16So <03651> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘I will most assuredly remove <07971> you from <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>. You <0859> will die <04191> this very year <08141> because <03588> you have counseled <01696> rebellion <05627> against <0413> the Lord <03068>.’”
17In the seventh <07637> month <02320> of that very same <01931> year <08141> the prophet <05030> Hananiah <02608> died <04191>.