1And it happened in that year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet from Gibeon spoke to me in the house of the LORD before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:2Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.3Within two years I will return to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and brought to Babylon.4And I will return to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the captivity of Judah who came to Babylon, declares the LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.5Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet before the eyes of the priests and before the eyes of all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD:6Jeremiah the prophet said: Amen. May the LORD do so. May the LORD establish your words that you prophesied, to return the articles of the house of the LORD and all the captivity from Babylon to this place.7Yet hear now this word that I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.8The prophets who were before me and before you from the enduring time prophesied to many lands and against great kingdoms of war and of harm and of pestilence.9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent him.10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.11And Hananiah said before the eyes of all the people: Thus says the LORD: Thus I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years. Then Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.12After Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:13Go and say to Hananiah: Thus says the LORD: You have broken yokes of wood, and you will make yokes of iron in their place.14For thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put an iron yoke upon the neck of all these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him; and I have also given him the animals of the field.15Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet: Hear, Hananiah. The LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust upon deception.16Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am sending you from the face of the land. This year you will die, for you have spoken revolt to the LORD.17So Hananiah the prophet died that same year, in the seventh month.