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Jeremiah 28:4

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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.

Jeconiah: Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, Coniah, Jeremiah 24:1, Jeremiah 52:31-34; 2 Kings 25:27-30, Jehoiachin

captives: Heb. captivity, Jeremiah 24:5 *marg.

I will break: Jeremiah 28:2, Jeremiah 28:10, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 30:8; Genesis 27:40; Isaiah 9:4; Nahum 1:13

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