8The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.
9The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.
10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.
11And before all the people Hananiah said, The Lord has said, Even so will I let the yoke of the king of Babylon be broken off the necks of all the nations in the space of two years. Then the prophet Jeremiah went away.
12Then after the yoke had been broken off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah by Hananiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
13Go and say to Hananiah, This is what the Lord has said: Yokes of wood have been broken by you, but in their place I will make yokes of iron.
14For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, making them servants to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they are to be his servants: and in addition I have given him the beasts of the field.
