The Meaning of Jeremiah 28:10 Explained

Jeremiah 28:10

KJV: Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

YLT: And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,

Darby: And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

ASV: Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Hananiah  the prophet  took  the yoke  from off the prophet  Jeremiah's  neck,  and brake  it. 

What does Jeremiah 28:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 28:1-17 - Shepherds That Mislead God's Flock
It is God's purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God finds us in Him, Philippians 3:9. Because He reigns, we are saved and dwell in safety. When we are brought into contact with false shepherds, whether the failure be in doctrine or example, let us ask for the broken heart of Jeremiah 23:9.
God is everywhere present; as the latter paragraph indicates, He is near at hand to overhear the blasphemy of those who deride religion, and to be a very present help in time of trouble. If He fills heaven and earth, can He not fill thy heart? If His Word is like fire, let it cleanse thee! If it is as a hammer, let it pulverize thy pride! Let those of us who essay to teach and preach, not steal our words from our neighbors, or utter our own, but receive them from the source of all truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 28

1  Hananiah prophesies falsely the return of the vessels, and of Jeconiah
3  and there continue until the day of visitation
5  Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shows that the event will declare the true prophets
10  Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke
12  Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke;
15  and foretells Hananiah's death

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 28:10 mean?

And took Hananiah the prophet - the yoke off neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it
וַיִּקַּ֞ח חֲנַנְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ אֶת־ הַמּוֹטָ֔ה מֵעַ֕ל צַוַּ֖אר יִרְמְיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ

וַיִּקַּ֞ח  And  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
חֲנַנְיָ֤ה  Hananiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַנְיָה 
Sense: the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord.
הַנָּבִיא֙  the  prophet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַמּוֹטָ֔ה  the  yoke 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹוטָה  
Sense: pole, bar of yoke.
מֵעַ֕ל  off 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
צַוַּ֖אר  neck 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צַוָּאר 
Sense: neck, back of neck.
יִרְמְיָ֣ה  of  Jeremiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִרְמְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name.
הַנָּבִ֑יא  the  prophet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ  and  broke  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.