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Jeremiah 28:8

The Prophets that haue beene before mee and before thee in time past, prophecied against many countreyes, and against great kingdomes, of warre, and of plagues, and of pestilence.

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Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   Prophesying;   The Topic Concordance - Prophecy and Prophets;   Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Plague or Pestilence, the;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Joel, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Hananiah;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hananiah;   Jeremiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
Hebrew Names Version
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
New American Standard Bible
"The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times also prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms regarding war, disaster, and plague.
New Century Version
There were prophets long before we became prophets, Hananiah. They prophesied that war, hunger, and terrible diseases would come to many countries and great kingdoms.
Amplified Bible
"The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of disaster and of virulent disease.
World English Bible
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Legacy Standard Bible
The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.
Berean Standard Bible
The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
Contemporary English Version
that long before we were born, prophets were saying powerful kingdoms would be struck by war, disaster, and disease.
Complete Jewish Bible
The prophets who were here before me and before you prophesied in times past against many countries and against great kingdoms about war, disaster and plagues.
Darby Translation
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were prophets long before you and I became prophets, Hananiah. They spoke against many countries and great kingdoms and always warned that war, hunger, and disease would come to them.
George Lamsa Translation
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war and of evil and of pestilence.
Good News Translation
The prophets who spoke long ago, before my time and yours, predicted that war, starvation, and disease would come to many nations and powerful kingdoms.
Lexham English Bible
The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms of war, and of disaster, and of plague.
Literal Translation
The prophets who have been before me and before you from antiquity prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of plague.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The prophetes that were before vs in tymes past, which prophecied of warre, or trouble, or pestilence,
American Standard Version
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Bible in Basic English
The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
King James Version (1611)
The prophets that haue beene before mee, and before thee of old, prophecied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of warre, and of euill, and of pestilence.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The prophetes that were before vs in tyme past, which prophecied of warre, or trouble, or pestilence,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.
English Revised Version
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Profetis that weren bifore me, and bifor thee, fro the bigynnyng, and profesieden on many londis, and on many rewmes, of batel, and of turment, and of hungur.
Update Bible Version
The prophets that have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.
New King James Version
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms--of war and disaster and pestilence.
New Living Translation
The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease.
New Life Bible
The men who spoke for God before us from long ago spoke of war and trouble and disease coming to many lands and great nations.
New Revised Standard
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The prophets who were before me and before thee, from age-past times when they prophesied against many lands and concerning great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence,
Douay-Rheims Bible
The prophets that have been before me, and before thee from the beginning, and have prophesied concerning many countries, and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of affliction, and of famine.
Revised Standard Version
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
Young's Literal Translation
The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.

Contextual Overview

1 And that same yeere in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah King of Iudah in the fourth yeere, and in the fifth moneth Hananiah the sonne of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake to mee in the House of the Lorde in the presence of the Priestes, and of all the people, and said, 2 Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, saying, I haue broken the yoke of the King of Babel. 3 Within two yeeres space I will bring into this place all the vessels of the Lords House, that Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel tooke away from this place, and caried them into Babel. 4 And I will bring againe to this place Ieconiah the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, with all them that were caried away captiue of Iudah, and went into Babel, saith the Lorde: for I will breake the yoke of the King of Babel. 5 Then the Prophet Ieremiah saide vnto the Prophet Hananiah in the presence of ye Priests, and in the presence of all the people that stoode in the House of the Lorde. 6 Euen the Prophet Ieremiah sayde, So bee it: the Lord so doe, the Lord confirme thy words which thou hast prophecied to restore the vessels of the Lordes House, and al that is caried captiue, from Babel, into this place. 7 But heare thou now this worde that I will speake in thine eares and in the eares of all the people. 8 The Prophets that haue beene before mee and before thee in time past, prophecied against many countreyes, and against great kingdomes, of warre, and of plagues, and of pestilence. 9 And the Prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the word of the Prophet shall come to passe, then shall the Prophet be knowen that the Lorde hath truely sent him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The prophets: As Hosea, Joel, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others, all of whom had denounced similar evils against a corrupt people. So that they who opposed Jeremiah also opposed those who preceded him; and it was altogether unprecedented for a true prophet to promise deliverance to a guilty nation, without calling them to repentance.

prophesied: Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:18-28, Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 32:15-44, 1 Samuel 2:27-32, 1 Samuel 3:11-14, 1 Kings 14:7-15, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 21:18-24, 1 Kings 22:8, Isaiah 5:1-8, Isaiah 6:9-12, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 24:1-23, Joel 1:2-20, Joel 3:1-11, Micah 3:8-12, Nahum 1:1 - Nahum 3:19, Amos 1:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:28 - If thou return Jeremiah 20:8 - I cried Jeremiah 36:29 - The king

Cross-References

Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.
Genesis 28:1
Then Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
1 Samuel 8:6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuel prayed vnto the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The prophets that have been before me, and before thee of old,.... Such as Isaiah, Hoses, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others: these

prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms; as Egypt, Babylon, Syria, Ethiopia, Moab, c. as Isaiah particularly did:

of war, and of evil, and of pestilence by evil some think is meant famine, because that usually goes along with the other mentioned, and there being but one letter in which the words for evil and famine differ; and now the prophets that prophesied of these were sent of God, were the true prophets of the Lord; and therefore this ought not to be objected to the prejudice of Jeremiah, that his prophecies were of this sort: yea, if they should not come to pass, yet a man is not to be counted a false prophet, because such things are threatened in case nations do not repent of their sins and reform, which they may do; and then the evils threatened are prevented, as in the case of the Ninevites.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but asserts that that prediction was at variance with the language of the older prophets.

Jeremiah 28:9

Then shall the prophet ... - Or, “shall be known as the prophet whom the Lord hath truly sent.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 28:8. The prophets that have been before me — Namely, Joel, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and others; all of whom denounced similar evils against a corrupt people.


 
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