Jeremiah 28:1-15
year ....................... year <08141> [the same.]
Hananiah <02608> [Hananiah.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
break <07665> [I.]
years ... over <08141 03117> [two full years. Heb. two years of days.]
everything <03627> [all the.]
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [that.]
back <07725> [I will bring.]
This was doubtless grateful news to the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as Nebuchadnezzar's deputy. Hananiah seems to have been more desirous of popular than regal favour; for this prediction could not be altogether agreeable to Zedekiah. But he was evidently a weak as well as a wicked prince, and very generally despised.
Jeconiah <03204> [Jeconiah.]
[Coniah]
[Jehoiachin. captives. Heb. captivity.]
break <07665> [I will break.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
Amen <0543> [Amen.]
make <03068 06965> [the Lord perform.]
prophets <05030> [The prophets.]
As Hosea, Joel, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others, all of whom had denounced similar evils against a corrupt people. So that they who opposed Jeremiah also opposed those who preceded him; and it was altogether unprecedented for a true prophet to promise deliverance to a guilty nation, without calling them to repentance.
prophesied <05012> [prophesied.]
prophesied <05012> [which.]
<0227> [then.]
took <03947> [took.]
spoke ............ says <0559> [Thus.]
break <07665> [Even.]
broken <07665> [Thou hast.]
have <06213> [thou shalt.]
By encouraging an unavailing resistance to Nebuchadnezzar.
put ............................ given <05414> [I have put.]
serve .......... serve <05647> [that they.]
put ............................ given <05414> [and I.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
This was a bold speech, in the presence of those priests and people who were prejudiced in favour of the false prophets, who prophesied to them smooth things.
