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So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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God's Word Is Vindicated
Commentators agree that Hananiah's death, occurring just two months after Jeremiah's prophecy, was a swift and undeniable confirmation of Jeremiah's authority. As John Calvin notes, God executed this judgment through the "mere sound" of Jeremiah's tongue, demonstrating the divine power that backs the words of a true prophet.
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16th Century
Protestant
All those who had disregarded Jeremiah saw, in a way, before their eyes the judgment of God. No surer confirmation could have been expected by the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So Hananiah the prophet died the same yearThat he had delivered out his prophecy; in the same year in which Jeremiah…
Presbyterian
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…