Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- KJV So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- BSB And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died.
- NKJV So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- NASB So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year, in the seventh month.
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Quick answer
Hananiah died within two months, exactly as Jeremiah foretold. God's word was decisively vindicated.
Overview
The brief, factual notice confirms Jeremiah as the true prophet and Hananiah as the false one. The fulfillment within the same year settled the dispute beyond question. God's word never falls to the ground; it is proven by its certain accomplishment. This vindication strengthens confidence that all of God's word, including His promises in Christ, will surely come to pass.
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Cross-references · 2
- Zech 1:6But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”
- Isa 44:25–26who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
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