JEREMIAH 28

JEREMIAH CONFRONTS FALSE PROPHETS 

In direct contrast with the prophecies of Jeremiah, the false prophet, Hananiah, tells the people of Judah that the exiles will soon return and there will not be great burdens placed upon them.

Jeremiah trusted God’s plans and responded to Hananiah’s lies with confidence. Jeremiah was comfortable to wait and see what God would do, knowing that God would keep His word.

In anger at this response, Hananiah broke Jeremiah’s wooden yoke. God gave Jeremiah a message for Hananiah, telling him that the wooden yoke would instead be replaced with an iron yoke. With this message, Jeremiah predicted that Hananiah would soon die, which occurred within the year.