¹⁴ So ^(A)do not listen to the words of the prophets who talk to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a ^(B)lie to you;

Hananiah’s False Prophecy

28 Now 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, ^(C)Hananiah the prophet the son of Azzur, who was from ^(D)Gibeon, spoke to me at the house of the Lord in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying, ² “^(E)This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. ³ Within two years I am going to bring back to this place ^(F)all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and brought to Babylon. ⁴ I am ^(G)also going to bring back to this place ^(H)Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the ^(I)exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I will break the ^(J)yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

¹⁰ Then Hananiah the prophet took the ^(A)yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. ¹¹ Hananiah spoke in the sight of all the people, saying, “^(B)This is what the Lord says: ‘Even so within two full years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” Then Jeremiah the prophet went his way.

¹² Then the ^(C)word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying, ¹³ “Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but in their place you have made ^(D)yokes of iron.” ¹⁴ For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “I have put a ^(E)yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall ^(F)serve him. And ^(G)I have also given him the animals of the field.”’” ¹⁵ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and ^(H)you have made this people trust in a lie. ¹⁶ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘^(I)Behold, I am going to ^[a]remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to ^(J)die, because you ^(K)spoke falsely against the Lord.’”

¹⁷ So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year, in the seventh month.