he
Temple, when his prediction that the sacred vessels would not be restored
was flatly contradicted and with as much assurance that the contradiction
was from the God of Israel, as Jeremiah's assurance about his own words.
The speaker was like himself from the country of Benjamin, from Gibeon
near Anathoth, Hananiah son of Azzur, who said--

XXVIII. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I have broken(519) the yoke of the
king of Babylon! 3. Within two years I will bring back to this
place the vessels of the House of the Lord, [4] and Jeconiah and
all the exiles of Judah that went to Babylon; for I will break the
yoke of the king of Babylon. 5. Then said Jeremiah to Hananiah,
before the priests and all the people(520) standing in the House
of the Lord--yes, [6] Jeremiah said,(521) Amen! The Lord do so! The
Lord establish the words thou hast prophesied, by bringing back
the vessels of the Lord's House and all the exiles from Babylon to
this place! 7. Only hear, I pray thee, the Word of the Lord which
I am about to speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the
people. 8. The prophets who have been before me and thee from of
old, they prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms
of war [and of famine (?) and pestilence].(522) 9. The prophet who
prophesies of peace (it is only) when the word(523) comes to pass
that the prophet is known(524) whom in truth the Lord hath sent.
10. Then Hananiah(525) took the bars off the neck of Jeremiah and
brake them. 11. And Hananiah spake before all the people saying:
Thus saith the Lord, Even so will I break the yoke of the king of
Babylon [within two years](526) from off the necks of all the
nations. And Jeremiah went his way. 12. Then came the Word of the
Lord to Jeremiah, after Hananiah had broken the bars from off his
neck, saying, [13] Go tell Hananiah, Thus saith the Lord: Thou
hast broken the bars of wood but I will(527) make in their stead
bars of iron. 14. For thus saith the Lord, An iron yoke have I put
upon the necks of all [these] nations, that they may serve the
king of Babylon. 15. And Jeremiah said to Hananiah,(528) The Lord
hath not sent thee, but thou leadest this people to trust in a
lie. 16. Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I am about to
dispatch thee from off the face of the ground--this year thou shalt
die. 17. And he was dead(529) by the