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Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers this judgment to the prophet Hananiah immediately after declaring that Hananiah persuaded the people to trust a lie. The declaration occurs during a direct confrontation over conflicting prophetic messages.
The words — The text uses מְשַׁלִּחֲךָ (meshalleḵā), meaning “about to cast out,” paired with מֵעַל פְּנֵי (mēʿal pənē), literally “from the surface of.”
The thread — This phrasing mirrors Genesis 7:4 and Exodus 32:12, where God threatens to wipe people from the earth, and aligns with Jeremiah 29:32’s promise of punishment for false prophets.
Why it lands — The verse records God’s direct warning that preaching rebellion against Him brings immediate, fatal consequences. It requires the reader to distinguish God’s true word from human claims of authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:32 this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
- Deuteronomy 6:15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 13:34 And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- Jeremiah 20:6 And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
- Numbers 14:37 those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
- Numbers 16:28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
- Numbers 29:32 On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- Deuteronomy 13:5 Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.