John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:11
And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people ,.... Explaining to them his meaning, in taking the yoke, and breaking it: saying, thus saith the Lord ; wickedly making use of the Lord's name, to give countenance to his words and actions: even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations, within the space of two full years ; the time he had fixed for the bringing back of the vessels of the sanctuary, Jeremiah 28:3 ; and the prophet... read more
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