Jeremiah 28:17
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 28:17 in other translations
| BSB | And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died. |
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| WEB | So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. |
| ASV | So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. |
| YLT | And Hananiah the prophet dieth in that year, in the seventh month. |
| DARBY | And the prophet Hananiah died in the same year in the seventh month. |
| BBE | So death came to Hananiah the prophet the same year, in the seventh month. |
| Webster | So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. |
What does Jeremiah 28:17 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Jeremiah 28:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 28:17
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- Isaiah 44:25-26
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 44:25,26; Zec 1:6
the seventh month.The prophecy was delivered in the fifth month, (ver. 1,) and Hananiah died in the seventh month; exactly two months after he had delivered his false prophecy, which he declared, in the name of God, would be fulfilled in two years. Here then the true prophet was demonstrated, and the false prophet detected. The death of Hananiah, thus predicted, was God's seal to the words of His prophet, and must have gained his other predictions great credit among the people; though it is evident that it did not induce them to forsake their sins and return to the God of Israel.
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Context
- 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.
Jeremiah 28:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en el mismo año murió Hananías en el mes séptimo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Hanania le prophète mourut cette année-là, au septième mois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Prophet Hananja starb in demselben Jahre im siebten Monat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et mortuus est Hananias propheta in anno illo, mense septimo. |