1 In that year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, the prophet Hananiah the son of Azzur, from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD before the eyes of the priests and all the people:
2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 Within two years' time I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the house of the LORD which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and carried to Babylon.
4 And Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon, I will bring back to this place, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon."
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah before the eyes of the priests and of all the people standing in the house of the LORD.
6 The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! So may the LORD do! May the LORD establish your words which you have prophesied, by bringing back the vessels of the house of the LORD and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.
7 Only listen now to this word which I am speaking in your ears and in the ears of all the people:
8 The prophets who were before me and before you from long ago prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms about war, evil and pestilence.
9 The prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of the prophet comes true, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."
10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke bar off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
11 And Hananiah spoke before the eyes of all the people: "Thus says the LORD: Just so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two years' time from the neck of all the nations." And the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.
12 After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
13 "Go and say to Hananiah, 'Thus says the LORD: Yoke bars of wood you have broken, but you will make in their place yoke bars of iron.
14 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: A yoke of iron I have put on the neck of all these nations, to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him; even the wild animals I have given him.'"
15 And the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
16 So thus says the LORD: See, I am sending you off the face of the ground. This year you will die, for you have spoken rebellion against the LORD."
17 The prophet Hananiah died in that year, in the seventh month.