Jeremiah 28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 28

In the foregoing chapter Jeremiah had charged those prophets with lies who foretold the speedy breaking of the yoke of the king of Babylon and the speedy return of the vessels of the sanctuary; how here we have his contest with a particular prophet upon those heads. I. Hananiah, a pretender to prophecy, in contradiction to Jeremiah, foretold the sinking of Nebuchadnezzar's power and the return both of the persons and of the vessels that were carried away (Jer. 28:1-4), and, as a sing of this,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 28:1-9

This struggle between a true prophet and a false one is said here to have happened in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, and yet in the fourth year, for the first four years of his reign might well be called the beginning, or former part, of it, because during those years he reigned under the dominion of the king of Babylon and as a tributary to him; whereas the rest of his reign, which might well be called the latter part of it, in distinction from that former part, he reigned in... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 28:10-17

We have here an instance, I. Of the insolence of the false prophet. To complete the affront he designed Jeremiah, he took the yoke from off his neck which he carried as a memorial of what he had prophesied concerning the enslaving of the nations to Nebuchadnezzar, and he broke it, that he might give a sign of the accomplishment of this prophecy, as Jeremiah had given of his, and might seem to have conquered him, and to have defeated the intention of his prophecy. See how the lying spirit, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 28 Thus chapter relates a false prophecy of Hananiah, who broke off the yoke from Jeremiah; but in return the people are threatened with an iron yoke, and he with death; which came to pass. The time, place, and substance of his prophecy, are in Jeremiah 28:1 ; Jeremiah's answer to it, Jeremiah 28:5 ; Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke, and explains the meaning of it to the people, Jeremiah 28:10 ; Jeremiah prophesies that iron yokes should be given instead of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:1

And it came to pass the same year ,.... That the prophet was bid to make yokes and bonds, and send them to the neighbouring kings, whose ambassadors were in Zedekiah's court; and when he spoke the things related in the preceding chapter to Zedekiah, the priests, and people: in the beginning the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah ; perhaps in the first year of his reign: in the fourth year, and in the fifth month ; not in the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign, though the Septuagint and A... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:2

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Using the language of the true prophets, and describing the Lord just in the same manner they do, when coming from him, and speaking in his name: a bold and daring action, when he knew the Lord had not sent him, nor had said any such thing to him: he next relates with all assurance, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon ; which he had put upon the neck of the king of Judah; signifying that he should be no more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:3

Within two full years ,.... Or, "within two years of days" F15 בעוד שנתים ימים "in adhuc duobis anois dierum", Montanus; "intra adhuc biennium dierum", Schmidt; "intra biennum dierum", Cocceius. ; when they are up to a day. The Targum is, "at the end of two years;' what the false prophets before had said would be done in a very little time; this fixes the precise time of doing it; a very short time, in comparison of the seventy years that Jeremiah had spoken of, Jeremiah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:4

And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah ,.... This he knew would please the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as a deputy of the king of Babylon, and not properly their king; but Jeconiah, as he is here called; and he knew that Zedekiah dared not resent this, but was obliged to feigned a desire of Jeconiah's return, though otherwise not agreeable to him: with all the captives of Judah that went into Babylon, saith the Lord ; the princes,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:5

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah ,.... The false prophet, as he is called by the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic versions: in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord ; waiting and worshipping in the temple; and said boldly and before them all, in answer to Hananiah's prophecy, what follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:6

Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen ,.... Or, "so be it"; he wished it might be so as Hananiah had said, if it was the will of God; as a prophet he knew it could not be; as an Israelite, out of respect to his country, he wished it might be; or, however, he wished that they would repent of their sins, that the evil he had threatened them with might not come upon them, and the good that Hananiah had prophesied might be fulfilled: the Lord do so: the Lord perform the words which thou hast... read more

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