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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 28:1-4

Jeremiah 28:1-4. And it came to pass the same year Namely, the same in which the preceding prophecy was delivered; for the words manifestly refer to the time specified at the beginning of the foregoing chapter, and confirm the conjecture there made, that Jehoiakim is put there, by a mistake in the copies, for Zedekiah: see note on Jeremiah 26:1, where the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign is termed the beginning of it. Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet That is, a pretended prophet.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:1-17

Hananiah’s false prophecy (28:1-17)One of the temple prophets, Hananiah, publicly contradicted Jeremiah. He asserted that he had received a revelation from God that showed that within two years Babylon would be overthrown. The captive people and the temple treasures would then return to Jerusalem (28:1-4). Jeremiah replied that he wished such would be the case (5-6), but wishing for a thing does not make it come true. Some prophesy doom, others prophesy peace, but when the events take place... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 28:1

the same year. As Jeremiah 27:12 , when Jeremiah spoke to Zedekiah; not Jeremiah 27:1 , when he received the message which was to be delivered. The same year in which Jeremiah had counseled Zedekiah not to hearken to the false prophets (Jeremiah 27:14 ). Hananiah. A false prophet. Compare Jeremiah 27:12 , Jeremiah 27:14 . Gibeon. A city of the priests (Joshua 21:17 ). Hananiah was therefore probably a priest as Jeremiah was. in the house. Compare Jeremiah 26:2 . the LORD. Hebrew. ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 28:1

JEREMIAH 28JEREMIAH vs. HANANIAHHaving already tried to bring about the execution of Jeremiah under the reign of Jehoiachim, the false priests and prophets elected to counteract Jeremiah's teachings by a dramatic confrontation and denial of his prophecies publicly. Their representative in this endeavor was Hananiah, son of Azur, a Gibeonite, probably a priest, a self-called false prophet with the brazen face, the loud voice, and the arrogant self-confidence that made him quite convincing with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 28:1

Jeremiah 28:1. And it came to pass the same year— Houbigant very properly renders this, It was the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah; in that year, in the fifth month, &c. Hananiah, &c.—for otherwise, it is impossible to reconcile the verse to itself. See his note. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 28:1

1. in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah—The Jews often divided any period into two halves, the beginning and the end. As Zedekiah reigned eleven years, the fourth year would be called the beginning of his reign, especially as during the first three years affairs were in such a disturbed state that he had little power or dignity, being a tributary; but in the fourth year he became strong in power. Hananiah—Another of this name was one of the three godly youths who braved Nebuchadnezzar's... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 28:1

The following event took place in the same year as the preceding one, 594 or 593 B.C., in the fifth month. Another prophet, Hananiah ben Azzur from Gibeon in Benjamin (about 5 miles northwest of Jerusalem), spoke to Jeremiah in the temple courtyard, in the presence of the priests and the people who had assembled there (cf. Jeremiah 27:16). Ironically, the Gibeonites had deceived the Israelites in Joshua’s day (Joshua 9:1-15), and now a man from Gibeon would again try to deceive the Israelites. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 28:1-17

1-11. Opposition of Hananiah and the false prophets.2. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel] a formula of Jeremiah’s, and hence, perhaps, assumed by Hananiah as implying an equal claim to inspiration.6. Amen: the Lord do so] i.e. would that it might be so.7-9. Hananiah’s forecasts of peace being in opposition to those of his predecessors, the presumption is against him, and can only be removed by the fulfilment of his predictions (the test laid down in Deuteronomy 18:22), which... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 28:1

XXVIII.(1) And it came to pass the same year . . .—The chapter stands in immediate sequence with that which precedes and confirms the conclusion that the name Jehoiakim in Jeremiah 27:1 is simply a transcriber’s mistake. Of the Hananiah who appears as the most prominent of the prophet’s adversaries, we know nothing beyond what is here recorded. He was clearly one of the leaders of the party of resistance whom we have seen at work trying to form an alliance with the neighbouring rations in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:1-17

CHAPTER IXHANANIAHJeremiah 27:1-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17"Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie."- Jeremiah 28:15THE most conspicuous point at issue between Jeremiah and his opponents was political rather than ecclesiastical. Jeremiah was anxious that Zedekiah should keep faith with Nebuchadnezzar, and not involve Judah in useless misery by another hopeless revolt. The prophets preached the popular doctrine of an imminent Divine intervention to... read more