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Jeremiah 28:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 28 · verse 7
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;Jeremiah 28:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 28:7 in context
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;
8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- earsʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
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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