Jeremiah 28:15-16

Jeremiah 28:15-16

[15] Then said  the prophet  Jeremiah  unto Hananiah  the prophet,  Hear  now, Hananiah;  The LORD  hath not sent  thee; but thou makest this people  to trust  in a lie.  [16] Therefore thus saith  the LORD;  Behold, I will cast  thee from off the face  of the earth:  this year  thou shalt die,  because thou hast taught  rebellion  against the LORD. 

What does Jeremiah 28:15-16 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jeremiah also told Hananiah that the Lord had not sent the false prophet. Furthermore, the Lord had revealed that He would take Hananiah"s life within a year because he had encouraged the people to rebel against the Lord"s Word. The penalty that false prophets were to suffer under the Mosaic Covenant: was death ( Deuteronomy 18:20).
"It is a serious thing indeed to use the name of God to say that secondary solutions can cure our problems when the real problem is that people have turned away from God and the truth that He has revealed in verbalized, propositional form concerning Himself." [1]