Yirmeyahu 28 ירמיהו כ״ח

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Żidqiyya king of Yehuda, in the fourth year and in the fifth month, that Ḥananya the son of Azur the prophet, who was of Giv῾on, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Bavel.

Within two full years will I bring again to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nevukhadneżżar king of Bavel took away from this place, and carried them to Bavel:

And I will bring again to this place Yekhonya the son of Yehoyaqim, king of Yehuda, with all the captives of Yehuda, that went into Bavel, says the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Bavel.

Then the prophet Yirmeya said to the prophet Ḥananya in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord,

and the prophet Yirmeya said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that were carried away captive, from Bavel to this place.

Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thy ears, and in the ears of all the people;

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.

As for the prophet who prophesies for peace, when the word of that prophet shall come to pass, then shall it be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.

Then Ḥananya the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Yirmeya’s neck, and broke it.

And Ḥananya spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nevukhadneżżar king of Bavel from the neck of all the nations within the space of two years. And the prophet Yirmeya went his way.

Then the word of the Lord came to Yirmeyahu, after Ḥananya the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Yirmeya, saying,

Go and tell Ḥananya, saying, Thus says the Lord; Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou shalt make instead of them bars of iron.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nevukhadneżżar king of Bavel; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

Then said the prophet Yirmeya to Ḥananya the prophet, Hear now, Ḥananya; The Lord has not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast uttered rebellion against the Lord.

So Ḥananya the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.