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Jeremiah 28 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 304 / 104
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 28 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָבִיא | nâbîyʼ | H5030 | 16 | prophet, inspired man |
| חֲנַנְיָה | Chănanyâh | H2608 | 9 | Chananjah |
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 8 | Babel, Babylonia |
| יִרְמְיָה | Yirmᵉyâh | H3414 | 7 | Jirmejah |
| שָׁבַר | shâbar | H7665 | 6 | burst |
| מוֹטָה | môwṭâh | H4133 | 4 | pole, bow |
| עֹל | ʻôl | H5923 | 4 | yoke |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In the foregoing chapter Jeremiah had charged those prophets with lies who foretold the speedy breaking of the yoke of the king of Babylon and the speedy return of the vessels of the sanctuary; how here we have his contest with a particular prophet upon those heads. I. Hananiah, a pretender to prophecy, in contradiction to Jeremiah, foretold the sinking of Nebuchadnezzar's power and the return both of the persons and of the vessels that were carried away (ver. 1-4), and, as a sign of this, he broke the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 28:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gibeon — Jer 28:1
- Babylon 1 — Jer 28:11
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