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Jeremiah 28:12 Explained in Context

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Verse 12. Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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Role in This Section

The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken…” at Jeremiah 28:12 as part of “Iron Replaces Wood and Hananiah Dies.”

Read It With

  • Jeremiah 28:12–17

Follow Jeremiah 28:12–17, not verse 28:12 alone. The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken…” at Jeremiah 28:12 as part of “Iron Replaces Wood and Hananiah Dies.” The controlling limit is: Death after a dispute does not authorize threats, vigilantism, or treating an opponent's illness or death as proof of one's authority.

Why It Needs Context

Jeremiah 28:12 performs a local role inside “Iron Replaces Wood and Hananiah Dies.” The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken…” at Jeremiah 28:12 as part of “Iron Replaces Wood and Hananiah Dies.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.

Continue in Context

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Read Jeremiah 28:12–17 — Iron Replaces Wood and Hananiah Dies
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Jeremiah 28:12–17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 28:12–17

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