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Jeremiah 28:16 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 28 · verse 16
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.Jeremiah 28:16 · King James Version
Jeremiah 28:16 in context
14For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
16Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebellionçârâhapostasy, crimeH5627 →
- taughtdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- earthʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- castshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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We have here an instance, I. Of the insolence of the false prophet. To complete the affront he designed Jeremiah, he took the yoke from off his neck which he carried as a memorial of what he had prophesied concerning the enslaving of the nations to Nebuchadnezzar, and he broke it, that he might give a sign of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17