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selves before the Lord of hosts, that the vessels captives of Juda, that are gone to Babylon, saith
which were left in the house of the Lord, and in the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the king of
the house of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem, Babylon.
may not go to Babylon. 5 And Jeremias the prophet said to Hananias
19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts to the pil- the prophet in the presence of the priests, and in
lars, and to the sea, and to the bases, and to the the presence of all the people that stood in the
rest of the vessels that remain in this city: house of the Lord:
20 Which Nabuchodonosor the king of Baby- 6 And Jeremias the prophet said: Amen, the
lon did not take, when he carried away Jecho- Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words, which
nias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, from thou hast prophesied: that the vessels may be
Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the great men of brought again into the house of the Lord, and
Juda and Jerusalem. all the captives may return out of Babylon to
21 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God this place.
of Israel, to the vessels that are left in the house 7 Nevertheless hear this word that I speak in
of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda thy ears, and in the ears of all the people:
and Jerusalem: 8 The prophets that have been before me, and
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there before thee from the beginning, and have proph-
they shall be until the day of their visitation, esied concerning many countries, and concerning
saith the Lord: and I will cause them to be great kingdoms, of war, and of affliction, and of
brought, and to be restored in this place. famine.
9 The prophet that prophesied peace: when
his word shall come to pass, the prophet shall be
Chapter 28 known, whom the hath sent in truth.
10 And Hananias the prophet took the chain
And it came to pass in that year, in the begin- from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke
ning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, in the it.
fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananias 11 And Hananias spoke in the presence of all
the son of Azur, a prophet of Gabaon spoke to the people, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Even
me, in the house of the Lord before the priests, so will I break the yoke of Nabuchodonosor the
and all the people, saying: king of Babylon after two full years from off the
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is- neck of all the nations.
rael: I have broken the yoke of the king of Baby- 12 And Jeremias the prophet went his way.
lon. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after
3 As yet two years of days, and I will cause all that Hananias the prophet had broken the chain
the vessels of the house of the Lord to be brought from off the neck of Jeremias the prophet, saying:
back into this place, which Nabuchodonosor king 13 Go, and tell Hananias: Thus saith the
of Babylon took away from this place, and car- Lord: Thou hast broken chains of wood, and
ried them to Babylon. thou shalt make for them chains of iron.
4 And I will bring back to this place Jecho- 14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
nias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and all the Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of