KJV King James Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
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Jeremiah 28:10
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
WEB World English Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 28
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, [then] shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; 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. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah [the prophet], after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeחֲנַנְיָ֤הH2608 · cha.nan.yahHananiahהַנָּבִיא֙H5030 · na.viprophetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמּוֹטָ֔הH4133 · mo.tahyokeמֵעַ֕לH5921 · aluponצַוַּ֖ארH6677 · tsav.varneckיִרְמְיָ֣הH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahהַנָּבִ֑יאH5030 · na.viprophetוַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃H7665 · sha.varto break
Cross-references
Jeremiah 27:2Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,Jeremiah 28:2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 28:4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.Malachi 3:13Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?1 Kings 22:24-25But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?Jeremiah 36:23-24And it came to pass, [that] when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast [it] into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth.1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
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