Jeremiah 28:10

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it,

Jeremiah 28:10 in Other Translations

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces.

10 At that, Hananiah grabbed the yoke from Jeremiah's shoulders and smashed it.

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.

10 The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

10 The prophet Hananiah took the yoke off my neck. Then he broke it.

Jeremiah 28:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 28:10

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet
Jeremiah's neck
Which he wore as a symbol of the subjection of Judea, and other nations, to the king of Babylon: an impudent and insolent action this was, to take the prophet's yoke from his neck; and the more so, as it was by the command of God that he made it, and wore it: and brake it;
being made of wood, as it afterwards appears, and so might easily be broken.

Jeremiah 28:10 In-Context

8 From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms.

9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true.”

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it,

11 and he said before all the people, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’ ” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:13; S 1 Kings 22:11; Jeremiah 27:2