Maria Esther Torres

These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:12 ESV

Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:11 ESV

And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years." But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:8 ESV

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:9 ESV

As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet."

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highlighted Jeremiah 28:4 ESV

I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, declares the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:3 ESV

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

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:2 ESV

"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:1 ESV

In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:17 ESV

In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:15 ESV

And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:16 ESV

Therefore thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.'"

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:14 ESV

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.'"

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:13 ESV

"Go, tell Hananiah, 'Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars, but you have made in their place bars of iron.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:10 ESV

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:7 ESV

Yet hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:6 ESV

and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words that you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles.

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 28:5 ESV

Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord,

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 27:22 ESV

They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place."

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Maria Esther Torres

highlighted Jeremiah 27:16 ESV

Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, 'Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,' for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you.

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