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,