Jeremiah 28:10 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then the prophet Hananiah took the wooden yoke off of the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The prophet Hananiah dramatically destroyed the wooden yoke that Jeremiah was wearing as a symbol, directly challenging Jeremiah's message from God.

📚 Historical Context

This occurred around 594-593 BC when Jeremiah had been wearing a wooden yoke as a visual symbol of God's message that Judah should submit to Babylonian rule. Hananiah was a false prophet who opposed Jeremiah's message, claiming instead that God would quickly break Babylon's power and restore Jerusalem's independence.

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Jeremiah 28:1

That same year, at the beginning of King Zedekiah's reign over Judah—it was the fourth year, in the fifth month—a prophet named Hananiah, son of Azur from Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD's temple. The priests and all the people were there listening.

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The prophets who came before you and me in ancient times prophesied against many nations and powerful kingdoms, warning of war, disaster, and disease.

Jeremiah 28:11

And Hananiah spoke in front of all the people, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: In exactly the same way, I will break the control that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has over all nations within two full years.' And the prophet Jeremiah walked away.

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