The Scriptures 1998

Jeremiah 28:5-11 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

5. Then the prophet Yirmeyah spoke to the prophet Ḥananyah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who stood in the House of יהוה,

6. and the prophet Yirmeyah said, “Amĕn! יהוה do so! יהוה establish your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the House of יהוה and all the exiles from Baḇel to this place!

7. “Only, hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people:

8. “The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many lands and great reigns, of battle and of evil and of pestilence.

9. “The prophet who prophesies of peace – when the word of the prophet comes to pass, that prophet is known as one whom יהוה has truly sent.”

10. And Ḥananyah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Yirmeyah’s neck and broke it.

11. And Ḥananyah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus said יהוה, ‘So I shall break the yoke of Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar sovereign of Baḇel from the neck of all nations within two years.’ ” And the prophet Yirmeyah went his way.