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Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
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Rebellion is Defying God's Plan
Commentators explain that Hananiah's sin was 'rebellion' because he taught people to defy God's specific, revealed will. Since God had appointed Nebuchadnezzar as His instrument of judgment, encouraging resistance to Babylon was a direct rebellion against God's sovereign plan.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will cast thee - Rather, I send you away. God had not sent Hananiah to prophesy, but He does now send him away to die.
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19th Century
Anglican
I will cast you ... —Literally, I send you. The verb is the same as in the preceding verse and is repeated with an emphat…
16th Century
Protestant
Here, the punishment is added that confirmed the prophecy of Jeremiah. For it was God’s purpose to take into account the ignorance of many…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord
Because of this heinous offence, in lying in the name of the Lord, and deceiving the …
Hananiah is sentenced to die, and Jeremiah, when he has received direction from God, boldly tells him so; but not before he received that commissio…
