English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 28, verse 62 in Nlv Version

Jeremiah 28 : 1 (NLV)

In that same year, in the beginning of the rule of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the man from Gibeon who told what would happen in the future, spoke to me in the house of the Lord. He said to me in front of the religious leaders and all the people,

Jeremiah 28 : 2 (NLV)

"This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: 'I have broken the crossbar across the shoulders of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 28 : 3 (NLV)

Within two years I will bring back to this place all the objects of the Lord's house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from here and carried to Babylon.

Jeremiah 28 : 4 (NLV)

I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the people of Judah who were taken to Babylon,' says the Lord. 'For I will break the cross-bar of the king of Babylon.' "

Jeremiah 28 : 5 (NLV)

Then Jeremiah, the man of God, spoke to Hananiah, the man who told what would happen, in front of the religious leaders and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 28 : 6 (NLV)

And Jeremiah, the man who spoke for God, said, "Let it be so! May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have spoken come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the objects of the Lord's house and all the people of Judah.

Jeremiah 28 : 7 (NLV)

Yet listen now to what I am about to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

Jeremiah 28 : 8 (NLV)

The men who spoke for God before us from long ago spoke of war and trouble and disease coming to many lands and great nations.

Jeremiah 28 : 9 (NLV)

As for the man who told that peace would come, when his word comes to pass, then that man will be known as the one that the Lord has sent."

Jeremiah 28 : 10 (NLV)

Then Hananiah, the man who told what would happen, took the cross-bar from the neck of Jeremiah the man of God and broke it.

Jeremiah 28 : 11 (NLV)

And Hananiah said in front of all the people, "The Lord says, 'In this way I will break the cross-bar of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.' " Then Jeremiah the man of God went his way.

Jeremiah 28 : 12 (NLV)

Some time after Hananiah had broken the cross-bar from off the neck of Jeremiah, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 28 : 13 (NLV)

"Go and tell Hananiah, 'The Lord says, "You have broken the cross-bars of wood, but you have made bars of iron in their place."

Jeremiah 28 : 14 (NLV)

For the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, "I have put the cross-bar of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And they will serve him. I have given him the animals of the field also." ' ''

Jeremiah 28 : 15 (NLV)

Then Jeremiah who spoke for God said to Hananiah who told what would happen, "Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you. And you have made these people trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 28 : 16 (NLV)

So the Lord says, 'See, I am about to take you from the earth. This year you are going to die, because you have spoken against the right and power of the Lord.' "

Jeremiah 28 : 17 (NLV)

So Hananiah, who had said these things in God's name, died in the seventh month of the same year.