Jeremiah 28 · Verse 2

Jeremiah 28:2

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 28:2 in other translations

BSB“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
WEB“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
ASVThus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
YLT‘Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;
DARBYThus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
BBEThese are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.
WebsterThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

What does Jeremiah 28:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. broken the yoke--I have determined to break: referring to Jeremiah's prophecy (Jr 27:12).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Thus speaketh the Lord - What awful impudence! when he knew in his conscience that God had given him no such commission.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 28:1-9

A false prophet opposes Jeremiah. (Jr 28:1-9) The false prophet warned of his approaching death. (Jr 28:10-17) Verses 1-9 Hananiah spoke a false prophecy. Here is not a word of good counsel urging the Jews to repent and return to God. He promises temporal mercies, in God's name, but makes no mention of the spiritual mercies which God always promised with earthly blessings. This was not the first time Jeremiah had…

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Jeremiah 28:2 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.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
שָׁבַ֞רְתִּיsha.Var.tiI will breakH7665
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֹ֖ל'ol[the] yoke ofH5923
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶֽל\׃ba.VelBabylonH894

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 28:2

  • Jeremiah 27:2-12

    Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. …

  • Ezekiel 13:5-16

    Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God. …

  • Micah 3:11

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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27:2-12; Eze 13:5-16; Mic 3:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 28:1

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

  • Jeremiah 28:2

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

  • 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:

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Jeremiah 28:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así habló Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, diciendo: Quebranté el yugo del rey de Babilonia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi a parlé l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël, disant: J’ai brisé le joug du roi de Babylone.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels, und sagt: Ich zerbreche das Joch des Königs von Babel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Contrivi jugum regis Babylonis.