Jeremiah 28 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.
Jeremiah 28:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 28:16 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
WEBTherefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.’”
ASVTherefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against Jehovah.
YLTTherefore thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am casting thee from off the face of the ground; this year thou diest, for apostasy thou hast spoken concerning Jehovah.'
DARBYTherefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, for thou hast spoken revolt against Jehovah.
BBEFor this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.

What does Jeremiah 28:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. this year ... die--The prediction was uttered in the fifth month (Jr 28:1); Hananiah's death took place in the seventh month, that is, within two months after the prediction, answering with awful significance to the two years in which Hananiah had foretold that the yoke imposed by Babylon would end. rebellion--opposition to God's plain direction, that all should submit to Babylon (Jr 29:32).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 This year thou shalt die - By this shall the people know who is the true prophet. Thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord, and God will cut thee off; and this shall take place, not within seventy years, or two years, but in this very year, and within two months from this time.

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…

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Jeremiah 28:16 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.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הִנְנִי֙hi.Nihere IH2005
מְשַֽׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֔me.sha.le.cha.Kha[am] about to cast out youH7971
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
הַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.Nahthis yearH8141
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859
מֵ֔תMet[will] dieH4191
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
סָרָ֥הsa.RahrebellionH5627
דִבַּ֖רְתָּdi.Bar.tayou have spokenH1696
אֶל\־'el-againstH413
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 28:16

  • Jeremiah 29:32

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.

  • Genesis 7:4

    For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

  • Exodus 32:12

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 6:15

    (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 20:6

    And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

  • Acts 13:8-11

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • Jeremiah 28:3

    Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

  • Numbers 14:37

    Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 13:5-11

    And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: …

  • Ezekiel 13:11-12

    Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

  • Numbers 16:28-35

    And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
Ge 7:4; Ex 32:12; De 6:15; 1Ki 13:34; Am 9:8
this year.
3; 20:6; Nu 14:37; 16:28-35; 29:32; De 13:5-11
because.
Eze 13:11,12; Ac 13:8-11
rebellion. Heb. revolt.
29:32; De 13:5; *margins

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Context

  • Jeremiah 28:15

    Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

  • Jeremiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 28:17

    So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

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Jeremiah 28:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que yo te envío de sobre la haz de la tierra: morirás en este año, porque hablaste rebelión contra Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Voici, je te renvoie de dessus la face de la terre; tu mourras cette année, car tu as parlé de révolte contre l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum, so spricht Jehova: Siehe, ich werfe dich vom Erdboden hinweg; dieses Jahr wirst du sterben; denn du hast Abfall geredet wider Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego mittam te a facie terræ: hoc anno morieris: adversum enim Dominum locutus es.