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Jeremiah 28:5, 10-13, 15, 17

Jeremiah 28:5 NCV

Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people who were standing in the Temple of the LORD.

Jeremiah 28:10-13 NCV

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. Hananiah said in front of all the people, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He put that yoke on all the nations of the world, but I will break it before two years are over.’ ” After Hananiah had said that, Jeremiah left the Temple. The LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off of the prophet Jeremiah’s neck. The LORD said, “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but I will make a yoke of iron in its place!

Jeremiah 28:15 NCV

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, and you have made the people of Judah trust in lies.

Jeremiah 28:17 NCV

Hananiah died in the seventh month of that same year.