Jeremiah 28:10-11

Jeremiah 28:10-11

[10] Then Hananiah  the prophet  took  the yoke  from off the prophet  Jeremiah's  neck,  and brake  [11] And Hananiah  spake  in the presence  of all the people,  saying,  the LORD;  Even so will I break  the yoke  of Nebuchadnezzar  king  of Babylon  from the neck  of all nations  within the space of two full  years.  And the prophet  Jeremiah  his way. 

What does Jeremiah 28:10-11 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Hananiah proceeded to deliver a symbolic act of his own by vandalizing Jeremiah"s sign. He dramatically smashed the yoke that Jeremiah had been wearing on his neck (cf. Jeremiah 27:2). He claimed that, similarly, within two years Yahweh would break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar off the neck of all the nations that he was oppressing.