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Hananiah’s Rebellion Against Yahweh

28 Now it happened in the same year, (A)in the beginning of the reign of (B)Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that (C)Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from (D)Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying, (E)Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two years I am going to return to this place (F)all the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. I am (G)also going to return to this place (H)Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the (I)exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for I will break the (J)yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

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On the [a]day of our king, the princes (A)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with (B)scoffers,

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:5 A festive occasion

Concerning evil, both hands do it (A)well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a (B)payment,
And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;
So they weave it together.

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