Jeremiah 23-28

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The Righteous Branch

23 “Woe to the shepherds^(A) who are destroying and scattering^(B) the sheep of my pasture!”^(C) declares the Lord. ²Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds^(D) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock^(E) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil^(F) you have done,” declares the Lord. ³“I myself will gather the remnant^(G) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,^(H) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. ⁴I will place shepherds^(I) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid^(J) or terrified, nor will any be missing,^(K)” declares the Lord.

⁵“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,^(L)
a King^(M) who will reign^(N) wisely
    and do what is just and right^(O) in the land.
⁶In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.^(P)
This is the name^(Q) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.^(R)

⁷“So then, the days are coming,”^(S) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’^(T) ⁸but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”^(U)

Lying Prophets

⁹Concerning the prophets:

My heart^(V) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.^(W)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.^(X)
¹⁰The land is full of adulterers;^(Y)
    because of the curse^[b]^(Z) the land lies parched
    and the pastures^(AA) in the wilderness are withered.^(AB)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

¹¹“Both prophet and priest are godless;^(AC)
    even in my temple^(AD) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
¹²“Therefore their path will become slippery;^(AE)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,^(AF)”
declares the Lord.

¹³“Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal^(AG)
    and led my people Israel astray.^(AH)
¹⁴And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(AI)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(AJ)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(AK)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(AL)
They are all like Sodom^(AM) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(AN)

¹⁵Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,^(AO)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness^(AP) has spread throughout the land.”

¹⁶This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Do not listen^(AQ) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions^(AR) from their own minds,
    not from the mouth^(AS) of the Lord.
¹⁷They keep saying^(AT) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(AU)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(AV) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(AW) will come to you.’
¹⁸But which of them has stood in the council^(AX) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
¹⁹See, the storm^(AY) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind^(AZ) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁰The anger^(BA) of the Lord will not turn back^(BB)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand it clearly.
²¹I did not send^(BC) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
²²But if they had stood in my council,^(BD)
    they would have proclaimed^(BE) my words to my people
and would have turned^(BF) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.^(BG)

²³“Am I only a God nearby,^(BH)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴Who can hide^(BI) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(BJ)
declares the Lord.

²⁵“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies^(BK) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!^(BL) I had a dream!’ ²⁶How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions^(BM) of their own minds?^(BN) ²⁷They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget^(BO) my name, just as their ancestors forgot^(BP) my name through Baal worship.^(BQ) ²⁸Let the prophet who has a dream^(BR) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word^(BS) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹“Is not my word like fire,”^(BT) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer^(BU) that breaks a rock in pieces?

³⁰“Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against^(BV) the prophets^(BW) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. ³¹Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’^(BX) ³²Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,^(BY)” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray^(BZ) with their reckless lies,^(CA) yet I did not send^(CB) or appoint them. They do not benefit^(CC) these people in the least,” declares the Lord.

False Prophecy

³³“When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message^(CD) from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake^(CE) you, declares the Lord.’ ³⁴If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message^(CF) from the Lord,’ I will punish^(CG) them and their household. ³⁵This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’^(CH) or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ ³⁶But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort^(CI) the words of the living God,^(CJ) the Lord Almighty, our God. ³⁷This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ ³⁸Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ ³⁹Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast^(CK) you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. ⁴⁰I will bring on you everlasting disgrace^(CL)—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Two Baskets of Figs

24 After Jehoiachin^[c]^(CM) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs^(CN) placed in front of the temple of the Lord. ²One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early;^(CO) the other basket had very bad^(CP) figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

³Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,^(CQ) Jeremiah?”

“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”

⁴Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁵“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent^(CR) away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.^[d] ⁶My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back^(CS) to this land. I will build^(CT) them up and not tear them down; I will plant^(CU) them and not uproot them. ⁷I will give them a heart to know^(CV) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,^(CW) and I will be their God, for they will return^(CX) to me with all their heart.^(CY)

⁸“‘But like the bad^(CZ) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah^(DA) king of Judah, his officials^(DB) and the survivors^(DC) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.^(DD) ⁹I will make them abhorrent^(DE) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,^(DF) a curse^[e]^(DG) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish^(DH) them. ¹⁰I will send the sword,^(DI) famine^(DJ) and plague^(DK) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.^(DL)’”

Seventy Years of Captivity

25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(DM) son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar^(DN) king of Babylon. ²So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah^(DO) and to all those living in Jerusalem: ³For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah^(DP) son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,^(DQ) but you have not listened.^(DR)

⁴And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets^(DS) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.^(DT) ⁵They said, “Turn^(DU) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land^(DV) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. ⁶Do not follow other gods^(DW) to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

⁷“But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused^(DX) my anger with what your hands have made,^(DY) and you have brought harm^(DZ) to yourselves.”

⁸Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, ⁹I will summon^(EA) all the peoples of the north^(EB) and my servant^(EC) Nebuchadnezzar^(ED) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[f]^(EE) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(EF) and an everlasting ruin.^(EG) ¹⁰I will banish from them the sounds^(EH) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,^(EI) the sound of millstones^(EJ) and the light of the lamp.^(EK) ¹¹This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,^(EL) and these nations will serve^(EM) the king of Babylon seventy years.^(EN)

¹²“But when the seventy years^(EO) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon^(EP) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,^[g] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate^(EQ) forever. ¹³I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written^(ER) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. ¹⁴They themselves will be enslaved^(ES) by many nations^(ET) and great kings; I will repay^(EU) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

The Cup of God’s Wrath

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^(EV) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^(EW) you drink it. ¹⁶When they drink^(EX) it, they will stagger^(EY) and go mad^(EZ) because of the sword^(FA) I will send among them.”

¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(FB) me drink it: ¹⁸Jerusalem^(FC) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(FD) and an object of horror and scorn,^(FE) a curse^[h]^(FF)—as they are today;^(FG) ¹⁹Pharaoh king^(FH) of Egypt,^(FI) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(FJ) all the kings of the Philistines^(FK) (those of Ashkelon,^(FL) Gaza,^(FM) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹Edom,^(FN) Moab^(FO) and Ammon;^(FP) ²²all the kings of Tyre^(FQ) and Sidon;^(FR) the kings of the coastlands^(FS) across the sea; ²³Dedan,^(FT) Tema,^(FU) Buz^(FV) and all who are in distant places^[i];^(FW) ²⁴all the kings of Arabia^(FX) and all the kings of the foreign people^(FY) who live in the wilderness; ²⁵all the kings of Zimri,^(FZ) Elam^(GA) and Media;^(GB) ²⁶and all the kings of the north,^(GC) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms^(GD) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^[j]^(GE) will drink it too.

²⁷“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk^(GF) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword^(GG) I will send among you.’ ²⁸But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink^(GH), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! ²⁹See, I am beginning to bring disaster^(GI) on the city that bears my Name,^(GJ) and will you indeed go unpunished?^(GK) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword^(GL) on all^(GM) who live on the earth,^(GN) declares the Lord Almighty.’

³⁰“Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:

“‘The Lord will roar^(GO) from on high;
    he will thunder^(GP) from his holy dwelling^(GQ)
    and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread^(GR) the grapes,
    shout against all who live on the earth.
³¹The tumult^(GS) will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for the Lord will bring charges^(GT) against the nations;
he will bring judgment^(GU) on all^(GV) mankind
    and put the wicked to the sword,^(GW)’”
declares the Lord.

³²This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Look! Disaster^(GX) is spreading
from nation to nation;^(GY)
a mighty storm^(GZ) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”^(HA)

³³At that time those slain^(HB) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered^(HC) up or buried,^(HD) but will be like dung lying on the ground.

³⁴Weep and wail, you shepherds;^(HE)
    roll^(HF) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered^(HG) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.^[k]^(HH)
³⁵The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
    the leaders of the flock no place to escape.^(HI)
³⁶Hear the cry^(HJ) of the shepherds,^(HK)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
³⁷The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸Like a lion^(HL) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(HM)
because of the sword^[l] of the oppressor^(HN)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(HO)

Jeremiah Threatened With Death

26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim^(HP) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: ²“This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard^(HQ) of the Lord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord.^(HR) Tell^(HS) them everything I command you; do not omit^(HT) a word. ³Perhaps they will listen and each will turn^(HU) from their evil ways. Then I will relent^(HV) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. ⁴Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen^(HW) to me and follow my law,^(HX) which I have set before you, ⁵and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened^(HY)), ⁶then I will make this house like Shiloh^(HZ) and this city a curse^[m]^(IA) among all the nations of the earth.’”

⁷The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord. ⁸But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded^(IB) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized^(IC) him and said, “You must die!^(ID) ⁹Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”^(IE) And all the people crowded^(IF) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

¹⁰When the officials^(IG) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate^(IH) of the Lord’s house. ¹¹Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death^(II) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”^(IJ)

¹²Then Jeremiah said to all the officials^(IK) and all the people: “The Lord sent me to prophesy^(IL) against this house and this city all the things you have heard.^(IM) ¹³Now reform^(IN) your ways and your actions and obey^(IO) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent^(IP) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. ¹⁴As for me, I am in your hands;^(IQ) do with me whatever you think is good and right. ¹⁵Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood^(IR) on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words^(IS) in your hearing.”

¹⁶Then the officials^(IT) and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death!^(IU) He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”

¹⁷Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people, ¹⁸“Micah^(IV) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion^(IW) will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(IX)
the temple hill^(IY) a mound overgrown with thickets.’^[n]^(IZ)

¹⁹“Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah^(JA) fear the Lord and seek^(JB) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,^(JC) so that he did not bring the disaster^(JD) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster^(JE) on ourselves!”

²⁰(Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim^(JF) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. ²¹When King Jehoiakim^(JG) and all his officers and officials^(JH) heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death.^(JI) But Uriah heard of it and fled^(JJ) in fear to Egypt. ²²King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan^(JK) son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men. ²³They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword^(JL) and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)^(JM)

²⁴Furthermore, Ahikam^(JN) son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar

27 Early in the reign of Zedekiah^[o]^(JO) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ²This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke^(JP) out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. ³Then send^(JQ) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,^(JR) Tyre and Sidon^(JS) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. ⁴Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: ⁵With my great power and outstretched arm^(JT) I made^(JU) the earth and its people and the animals^(JV) that are on it, and I give^(JW) it to anyone I please. ⁶Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant^(JX) Nebuchadnezzar^(JY) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.^(JZ) ⁷All nations will serve^(KA) him and his son and his grandson until the time^(KB) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate^(KC) him.

⁸“‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish^(KD) that nation with the sword,^(KE) famine^(KF) and plague,^(KG) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand. ⁹So do not listen to your prophets,^(KH) your diviners,^(KI) your interpreters of dreams,^(KJ) your mediums^(KK) or your sorcerers^(KL) who tell you, ‘You will not serve^(KM) the king of Babylon.’ ¹⁰They prophesy lies^(KN) to you that will only serve to remove^(KO) you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. ¹¹But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke^(KP) of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live^(KQ) there, declares the Lord.”’”

¹²I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke^(KR) of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.^(KS) ¹³Why will you and your people die^(KT) by the sword, famine and plague^(KU) with which the Lord has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴Do not listen^(KV) to the words of the prophets^(KW) who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies^(KX) to you. ¹⁵‘I have not sent^(KY) them,’ declares the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name.^(KZ) Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish,^(LA) both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.’”

¹⁶Then I said to the priests and all these people, “This is what the Lord says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, ‘Very soon now the articles^(LB) from the Lord’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. ¹⁷Do not listen^(LC) to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.^(LD) Why should this city become a ruin? ¹⁸If they are prophets and have the word of the Lord, let them plead^(LE) with the Lord Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. ¹⁹For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea,^(LF) the movable stands and the other articles^(LG) that are left in this city, ²⁰which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried^(LH) Jehoiachin^[p]^(LI) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— ²¹yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: ²²‘They will be taken^(LJ) to Babylon and there they will remain until the day^(LK) I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring^(LL) them back and restore them to this place.’”

The False Prophet Hananiah

28 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah^(LM) king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon,^(LN) said to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people: ²“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will break the yoke^(LO) of the king of Babylon. ³Within two years I will bring back to this place all the articles^(LP) of the Lord’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and took to Babylon. ⁴I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin^[q]^(LQ) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”^(LR)

⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord. ⁶He said, “Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.^(LS) ⁷Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: ⁸From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague^(LT) against many countries and great kingdoms. ⁹But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true.^(LU)”

¹⁰Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke^(LV) off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, ¹¹and he said^(LW) 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.

¹²After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. ¹⁴This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke^(LX) on the necks of all these nations to make them serve^(LY) Nebuchadnezzar^(LZ) king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.^(MA)’”

¹⁵Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent^(MB) you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.^(MC) ¹⁶Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.^(MD) This very year you are going to die,^(ME) because you have preached rebellion^(MF) against the Lord.’”

¹⁷In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.^(MG)

Footnotes

Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line
Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things
Jeremiah 24:1 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
Jeremiah 24:5 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.
Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery
Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger
Jeremiah 26:6 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.
Jeremiah 26:18 Micah 3:12
Jeremiah 27:1 A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiakim (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)
Jeremiah 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
Jeremiah 28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin