The Meaning of Jeremiah 28:1 Explained

Jeremiah 28:1

KJV: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

YLT: And it cometh to pass, in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, spoken unto me hath Hananiah son of Azur the prophet, who is of Gibeon, in the house of Jehovah, before the eyes of the priests, and all the people, saying,

Darby: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

ASV: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass the same year,  in the beginning  of the reign  of Zedekiah  king  of Judah,  in the fourth  year,  [and] in the fifth  month,  [that] Hananiah  the son  of Azur  the prophet,  which [was] of Gibeon,  spake  unto me in the house  of the LORD,  in the presence  of the priests  and of all the people,  saying, 

What does Jeremiah 28:1 Mean?

Study Notes

fifth month
i.e. August.

Verse Meaning

The following event took place in the same year as the preceding one, 594or593 B.C, in the fifth month. Another prophet, Hananiah ben Azzur from Gibeon in Benjamin (about5 miles northwest of Jerusalem), spoke to Jeremiah in the temple courtyard, in the presence of the priests and the people who had assembled there (cf. Jeremiah 27:16). Ironically, the Gibeonites had deceived the Israelites in Joshua"s day ( Joshua 9:1-15), and now a man from Gibeon would again try to deceive the Israelites.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 28:1-17 - Shepherds That Mislead God's Flock
It is God's purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God finds us in Him, Philippians 3:9. Because He reigns, we are saved and dwell in safety. When we are brought into contact with false shepherds, whether the failure be in doctrine or example, let us ask for the broken heart of Jeremiah 23:9.
God is everywhere present; as the latter paragraph indicates, He is near at hand to overhear the blasphemy of those who deride religion, and to be a very present help in time of trouble. If He fills heaven and earth, can He not fill thy heart? If His Word is like fire, let it cleanse thee! If it is as a hammer, let it pulverize thy pride! Let those of us who essay to teach and preach, not steal our words from our neighbors, or utter our own, but receive them from the source of all truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 28

1  Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah
3  and there continue until the day of visitation
5  Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shows that the event will declare the true prophets
10  Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke
12  Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke;
15  and foretells Hananiah's death

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 28:1 mean?

And it came to pass in year that at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah - in year the fourth [and] in month the fifth spoke to me [that] Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet who [was] from Gibeon in the house of Yahweh in the presence of the priests and of all the people saying
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא בְּרֵאשִׁית֙ מַמְלֶ֙כֶת֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־ יְהוּדָ֔ה [בשנת] (בַּשָּׁנָה֙) הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֑י אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֡י חֲנַנְיָה֩ בֶן־ עַזּ֨וּר הַנָּבִ֜יא אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִגִּבְעוֹן֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וְכָל־ הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר

וַיְהִ֣י ׀  And  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה  in  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הַהִ֗יא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
בְּרֵאשִׁית֙  at  the  beginning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: רֵאשִׁית  
Sense: first, beginning, best, chief.
מַמְלֶ֙כֶת֙  of  the  reign 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַמְלָכָה  
Sense: kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty.
צִדְקִיָּ֣ה  of  Zedekiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִדְקִיָּה 
Sense: the last king of Judah renamed from ‘Mattaniah’ by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יְהוּדָ֔ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
[בשנת]  - 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
(בַּשָּׁנָה֙)  in  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית  the  fourth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: רְבִיעִי 
Sense: fourth.
בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ  [and]  in  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַחֲמִישִׁ֑י  the  fifth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: חֲמִישִׁי  
Sense: ordinal number, 5th.
אָמַ֣ר  spoke 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלַ֡י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
חֲנַנְיָה֩  [that]  Hananiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַנְיָה 
Sense: the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַזּ֨וּר  of  Azzur 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַזֻּר  
Sense: a Benjamite of Gibeon, father of the false prophet Hananiah.
הַנָּבִ֜יא  the  prophet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר  who  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
מִגִּבְעוֹן֙  from  Gibeon 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעֹן  
Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem.
בְּבֵ֣ית  in  the  house 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לְעֵינֵ֧י  in  the  presence 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים  of  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְכָל־  and  of  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.