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Jeremiah 28:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 28 · verse 8
The 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.Jeremiah 28:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 28:8 in context
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.
10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophesiednâbâʼto prophesyH5012 →
- countriesʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
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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