Jeremiah 28:8 meaning and explanation
The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
Jeremiah 28:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah is answering Hananiah, a fellow prophet who has just promised in the temple that Babylon's yoke will break within two years and the exiles will come home. Jeremiah says he would love that, but he points to the pattern of earlier prophets.
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