Jeremiah 28:11
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Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The prophet Jeremiah went his way.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the Mesopotamian empire that had conquered Judah and carried many Judeans into exile, the yoke Hananiah claimed would soon be broken. Gibeon, a Benjaminite town northwest of Jerusalem, was Hananiah’s hometown, identifying him as the prophet publicly contradicting Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 28:11 mentions Babylon and Gibeon.
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