7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;
7 Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people:
7 Yet hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
7 But listen to me, listen closely. Listen to what I tell both you and all the people here today:
7 Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people:
7 But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 28:7
Commentary on Jeremiah 28:1-9
(Read Jeremiah 28:1-9)
Hananiah spoke a false prophecy. Here is not a word of good counsel urging the Jews to repent and return to God. He promises temporal mercies, in God's name, but makes no mention of the spiritual mercies which God always promised with earthly blessings. This was not the first time Jeremiah had prayed for the people, though he prophesied against them. He appeals to the event, to prove Hananiah's falsehood. The prophet who spake only of peace and prosperity, without adding that they must not by wilful sin stop God's favours, will be proved a false prophet. Those who do not declare the alarming as well as the encouraging parts of God's word, and call men to repentance, and faith, and holiness, tread in the steps of the false prophets. The gospel of Christ encourages men to do works meet for repentance, but gives no encouragement to continue in sin.