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Hananiah's False Prophecy

¹ Now in the same year, ^(C1)in the beginning of the reign of ^(C2)Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, ^(C3)Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from ^(C4)Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,² "^(C1)Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.³ 'Within two years I am going to bring back to this place ^(C1)all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.⁴ 'I am ^(C1)also going to bring back to this place ^(C2)Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the ^(C3)exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the ^(C4)yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

⁵ Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who were standing in the ^(C1)house of the LORD,⁶ and the prophet Jeremiah said, "^(C1)Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD ^(F1)confirm your words which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place.⁷ "Yet ^(C1)hear now this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people!⁸ "The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times ^(C1)prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.⁹ "The prophet who prophesies of peace, ^(C1)when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."

¹⁰ Then Hananiah the prophet took the ^(C1)yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.¹¹ Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "^(C1)Thus says the LORD, 'Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.'" Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

¹² The ^(C1)word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,¹³ "Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them ^(C1)yokes of iron."¹⁴ 'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "I have put a ^(C1)yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will ^(C2)serve him. And ^(C3)I have also given him the beasts of the field."'"¹⁵ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and ^(C1)you have made this people trust in a lie.¹⁶ "Therefore thus says the LORD, '^(C1)Behold, I am about to ^(F1)remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to ^(C2)die, because you have ^(F2)(C3)counseled rebellion against the LORD.'"

¹⁷ So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month.