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The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.
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Jeremiah establishes a clear test for Hananiah's popular message of peace. Commentators explain that while prophets of judgment are often validated by their faithfulness to God's known will, a prophet promising prosperity must be validated by the event itself. Jeremiah is essentially saying, "If what Hananiah says comes to pass, then we'll know God sent him," putting the burden of proof squarely on the outcome.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but he asserts that this prediction was at variance with the language of the older prop…
19th Century
Anglican
The prophet who prophesies of peace.—“Peace,” with its Hebrew associations, includes all forms of national prosperity, and is ther…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah, having testified that he did not wish for anything harmful to his own people, but wished them well, now adds that what he had predicted w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The prophet which prophesies of peace Of prosperity, of good things, as Hananiah did, and which are always acceptable to …
Hananiah spoke a false prophecy. His prophecy contained no word of good counsel urging the Jews to repent and return to God. He promises temporal m…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, Jeremiah’s response is given. First, he shows his emotion by desiring that what he had said would be fulfilled: amen
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