Hananiah the False Prophet
1 In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of ch. 27:12Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Ezek. 11:1Azzur, the prophet from Josh. 9:3;21:17Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, 2 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: [ch. 27:2,11,12]I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 ch. 27:16Within ver. 11two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
15 And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah, ch. 29:31;Deut. 18:20;[Ezek. 13:22,23] the Lord has not sent you, See ch. 5:31and you have made this people trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, ch. 29:32;Deut. 13:5because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’"
17 In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.