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1In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiʹah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiʹah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibʹeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, 2“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezʹzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. 4I will also bring back to this place Jeconiʹah the son of Jehoiʹakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

5Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiʹah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; 6and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words which you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles. 7Yet hear now this word which I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. 9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

10Then the prophet Hananiʹah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them. 11And Hananiʹah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezʹzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.” But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.

12Sometime after the prophet Hananiʹah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 13“Go, tell Hananiʹah, ‘Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars, but I will make in their place bars of iron. 14For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke of servitude to Nebuchadnezʹzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.’ ” 15And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiʹah, “Listen, Hananiʹah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. 16Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

17In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiʹah died.

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