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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 28:10

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah's neck and broke it in pieces.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Symbols and Similitudes;   Yoke;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   The Topic Concordance - Prophecy and Prophets;   Sending and Those Sent;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hananiah;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - False Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hananiah;   Jeremiah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Neck;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremiah (1);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Hananyah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Yirmeyahu's neck, and broke it.
King James Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
English Standard Version
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
New American Standard Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
New Century Version
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off Jeremiah's neck and broke it.
Amplified Bible
Then Hananiah the [false] prophet took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and smashed it.
World English Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Hananiah the Prophet tooke the yoke from the Prophet Ieremiahs necke, and brake it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar of the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Contemporary English Version
Hananiah grabbed the wooden yoke from my neck and smashed it.
Complete Jewish Bible
At this point Hananyah the prophet took the crossbar off the prophet Yirmeyahu's neck and broke it.
Darby Translation
And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jeremiah was wearing a yoke around his neck. The prophet Hananiah took the yoke from Jeremiah's neck and broke it.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Hananiah the false prophet took the bands of the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them.
Good News Translation
Then Hananiah took the yoke off my neck, broke it in pieces,
Lexham English Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Literal Translation
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Hananias the prophet toke the chayne from the prophet Ieremias neck, & brake it:
American Standard Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
Bible in Basic English
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
King James Version (1611)
Then Hananiah the prophet tooke the yoke from off the prophet Ieremiahs necke, and brake it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hananias the prophete toke the chayne from the prophete Ieremies necke, and brake it:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Sion the works of the Lord our God.
English Revised Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ananye, the profete, took the chayne fro the necke of Jeremye, the profete, and brak it.
Update Bible Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
New English Translation
The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.
New King James Version
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.
New Life Bible
Then Hananiah, the man who told what would happen, took the cross-bar from the neck of Jeremiah the man of God and broke it.
New Revised Standard
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, and broke it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, - and brake it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it.
Revised Standard Version
Then the prophet Hanani'ah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them.
Young's Literal Translation
And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
THE MESSAGE
At that, Hananiah grabbed the yoke from Jeremiah's shoulders and smashed it. And then he addressed the people: "This is God 's Message: In just this way I will smash the yoke of the king of Babylon and get him off the neck of all the nations—and within two years." Jeremiah walked out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Contextual Overview

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah's neck and broke it in pieces. 11 And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'" With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area. 12 Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah: 13 "Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron. 14 The Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.'" 15 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, but the people believe your lies. 16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the Lord .'" 17 Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took: Jeremiah 28:2, Jeremiah 28:4, Jeremiah 27:2, Jeremiah 36:23, Jeremiah 36:24, 1 Kings 22:11, 1 Kings 22:24, 1 Kings 22:25, Malachi 3:13

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:10 - horns of iron Nehemiah 6:14 - on the prophetess Jeremiah 30:8 - I Jeremiah 37:19 - your Amos 7:11 - thus Acts 13:8 - withstood

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.
Acts 7:2
This was Stephen's reply: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.
Acts 25:13
A few days later King Agrippa arrived with his sister, Bernice, to pay their respects to Festus.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck,.... Which he wore as a symbol of the subjection of Judea, and other nations, to the king of Babylon: an impudent and insolent action this was, to take the prophet's yoke from his neck; and the more so, as it was by the command of God that he made it, and wore it:

and brake it; being made of wood, as it afterwards appears, and so might easily be broken.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The multitude would see in Hananiah’s act a symbol of deliverance.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 28:10. Then Hananiah - took the yoke - and brake it. — He endeavoured by this symbolical act to persuade them of the truth of his prediction.


 
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