Jeremiah 28:14
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For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the Mesopotamian imperial capital whose king, Nebuchadnezzar, would subjugate Judah and surrounding nations under God’s decree. Gibeon, a town northwest of Jerusalem, was Hananiah’s hometown; his false promise of Babylon’s swift defeat directly contradicted Jeremiah’s warning of Babylonian domination.
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Jeremiah 28:14 mentions Babylon and Gibeon.
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