“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
This struggle between a true prophet and a false one is said here to have happened in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, and yet in the fourth year, for the first four years of his reign might well be called the beginning, or former part, of it, because during those years he reigned under the dominion of the king of Babylon and as...
Commenting on Jeremiah 28:1-9
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... Using the language of the true prophets, and describing the Lord just in the same manner they do, when coming from him, and speaking in his name: a bold and daring action, when he knew the Lord had not sent him, nor had said any such thing to him: he next relates with all assurance...
broken the yoke--I have determined to break: referring to Jeremiah's prophecy (Jer 27:12).