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Jeremiah Challenges the False Prophet
Jeremiah 28:5-11
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Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.
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“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
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Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
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The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
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As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”
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Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
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And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
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