¹ And it was, in this^◦ year, in the beginning^◦ of the kingdom of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur, the prophet, who was from Gibeon, said to^▵ me in the house of Jehovah, before the eyes of the priests and of all the people, saying,

² Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

³ Within^◦ two·​·years of days will I^◦ return to^▵ this place all the vessels of the house of Jehovah, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place, and brought them to Babylon;

⁴ and I^◦ will return to^▵ this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah, who came into Babylon, says^◦ Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

⁵ And Jeremiah the prophet said to^▵ Hananiah the prophet in the eyes of the priests, and in the eyes of all the people who stood in the house of Jehovah,

⁶ even^▵ the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen; May Jehovah do so; may Jehovah perform^◦ thy words which thou hast prophesied, to return the vessels of the house of Jehovah, and all who are exiled, from Babylon to^▵ this place.

⁷ Only^▵ hear, I pray^◦ thee, this word that I^▵ speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

⁸ the prophets that have been before me and before thee from the age, prophesied both against^▵ many lands, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

⁹ The prophet who prophesies of^◦ peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah has in truth sent him.

¹⁰ And Hananiah the prophet took the brace from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke it.

¹¹ And Hananiah said before^▫ the eyes of all the people, saying, Thus says Jehovah; So^▵ will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations in yet two·​·years of days. And Jeremiah the prophet went his way.

¹² And the word of Jehovah was to^▵ Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the brace from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

¹³ Go^◦ and say to^▵ Hananiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah; Thou hast broken the braces of wood; but thou shalt make instead·​·of them braces of iron.

¹⁴ For thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel; I have put^◦ a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and I have given him the animals of the field also.

¹⁵ And Jeremiah the prophet said unto^▵ Hananiah the prophet, Hear now^◦, Hananiah; Jehovah has not sent thee; but thou^◦ makest this people to trust in falsity.

¹⁶ Therefore thus says Jehovah; Behold, I will send thee from off the faces of the ground; this^▫ year thou^◦ shalt die, for thou hast spoken revolt against Jehovah.

¹⁷ And Hananiah the prophet died in that^◦ year in the seventh month.