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Jeremiah 28:9-11
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 28:9-11
Contemporary English Version
9 Now you are saying we will have peace. We will just have to wait and see if that is really what the Lord has said.[a]
10 Hananiah grabbed the wooden yoke from my neck and smashed it. 11 Then he said, “The Lord says this is the way he will smash the power Nebuchadnezzar has over the nations, and it will happen in less than two years.”
I left the temple,
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- 28.9 We will … said: See Deuteronomy 18.21,22.
Jeremiah 28:9-11
New International Version
Jeremiah 28:9-11
New International Version
9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true.(A)”
10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke(B) off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, 11 and he said(C) before all the people, “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.
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