6 therefore the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord confirm thy words with which thou hast prophesied that the vessels of the Lord’s house and all those that are carried away captive are to be returned from Babylon unto this place.
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the people,
8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
9 The prophet which prophesied of peace, when the word of the prophet should come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord has truly sent him.
10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.
11 And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus hath the Lord said: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the Gentiles within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 And after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,