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10 Then the prophet Hananiah removed the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah.[a] He broke it into pieces. 11 He said in front of all the people, ‘The Lord says, “That shows how I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He has put his yoke around the necks of all the nations. In less than two years I will break his yoke and I will remove it from their necks.” ’

After Hananiah said that, the prophet Jeremiah went away from the temple.

12 Soon after Hananiah had broken the yoke that was on Jeremiah's neck, the Lord spoke again to Jeremiah.

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Footnotes

  1. 28:10 The Lord had told Jeremiah to put the yoke around his neck before he spoke his message to the people. See Jeremiah 27:2.