What does Jeremiah 28:2 Mean?

Context Summary

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