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Jeremiah 28:5 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 28 · verse 5
Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,Jeremiah 28:5 · King James Version
Jeremiah 28:5 in context
3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
6Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
7Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- HananiahChănanyâhChananjah, the name of thirteen IsraelitesH2608 →
- presenceʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
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This struggle between a true prophet and a false one is said here to have happened in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, and yet in the fourth year, for the first four years of his reign might well be called the beginning, or former part, of it, because during those years he reigned under the dominion of the king…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9