Jeremiah 28:4 (KJV)
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And I will bring againto this place Jeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim kingof Judahwith all the captivesof Judahthat wentinto Babylon saiththe LORDfor I will breakthe yokeof the kingof Babylon
Cross-references
Coniah Jer 24:1 Jer 52:31-34 2Ki 25:27-30
Jehoiachin. captives. Heb. captivity. Jer 24:5
I will break. Jer 28:2 Jer 28:10 Jer 2:20 Jer 30:8 Ge 27:40 Isa 9:4 Na 1:13
I will bring.This was doubtless grateful news to the people, who looked upon Zedekiah only as Nebuchadnezzar's deputy. Hananiah seems to have been more desirous of popular than regal favour; for this prediction could not be altogether agreeable to Zedekiah. But he was evidently a weak as well as a wicked prince, and very generally despised.
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