Jeremiah 28 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 28:10

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
Jeremiah 28:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 28:10 in other translations

BSBThen the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
WEBThen Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
ASVThen Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
YLTAnd Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
DARBYAnd the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
BBEThen Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.
WebsterThen Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

What does Jeremiah 28:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. the yoke--(Jr 27:2). Impious audacity to break what God had appointed as a solemn pledge of the fulfilment of His word. Hence Jeremiah deigns no reply (Jr 28:11; Mt 7:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Then Hananiah - took the yoke - and brake it - He endeavored by this symbolical act to persuade them of the truth of his prediction.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 28:10-17
Hananiah is sentenced to die, and Jeremiah, when he has received direction from God, boldly tells him so; but not before he received that commission. Those have much to answer for, who tell sinners that they shall have peace, though they harden their hearts in contempt of God's word. The servant of God must be gentle to all men. He must give up even his right, and leave the Lord to plead his cause. Every attempt of ungodly men to make vain the purposes of God, will add to their miseries.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 28:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
חֲנַנְיָ֤הcha.nan.YahHananiahH2608
הַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמּוֹטָ֔הha.mo.Tahthe yoke-barH4133
מֵעַ֕לme.'Alfrom onH5921
צַוַּ֖ארtza.Var[the] neck ofH6677
יִרְמְיָ֣הyir.me.YahJeremiahH3414
הַנָּבִ֑יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ\׃Vai.yish.be.Re.huand he broke itH7665

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 28:10

  • Jeremiah 27:2

    Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

  • Jeremiah 36:23-24

    And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • 1 Kings 22:11

    And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

  • Jeremiah 28:2

    Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

  • Malachi 3:13

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

  • 1 Kings 22:24-25

    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee? And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

  • Jeremiah 28:4

    And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took.
2,4; 27:2; 36:23,24; 1Ki 22:11,24,25; Mal 3:13

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Context

  • Jeremiah 28:9

    The 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.

  • Jeremiah 28:10

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

  • Jeremiah 28:11

    And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

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Jeremiah 28:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Hananías profeta quitó el yugo del cuello de Jeremías profeta, y quebrólo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Hanania le prophète prit le joug de dessus le cou de Jérémie le prophète, et le brisa.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Hananja, der Prophet, nahm die Jochstäbe vom Halse des Propheten Jeremia und zerbrach sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tulit Hananias propheta catenam de collo Jeremiæ prophetæ, et confregit eam.