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Jeremiah 28:6
“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah responds to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and the assembled people in the house of the LORD. He gives a formal verbal agreement to Hananiah’s prophecy of imminent restoration before delivering his own corrective message.
The words — The Hebrew אָמֵן (amen) and יָקֵם (yaqem, “may he carry out”) anchor the declaration, while כֵּן (ken, “thus”) functions as a grammatical hinge linking the affirmation to the requested divine action. Jeremiah employs these terms to formally endorse the prophecy’s wording before contrasting it with his own revelation.
The thread — The term “Amen” appears in 1 Kings 1:36 as Benaiah’s ratification of Solomon’s succession and in Psalms 41:13 as a liturgical seal of blessing. Jeremiah’s use of יָקֵם echoes the covenantal language of Jeremiah 11:5 regarding God’s sworn oath to the ancestors.
Why it lands — The text records Jeremiah’s verbal agreement to a prophecy he knows is false, creating immediate narrative tension before his warning in the following verse. Readers must recognize that prophetic affirmation requires discernment, as agreement with one part of a message does not validate its entirety.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 1:36 “Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
- Psalms 41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
- Jeremiah 11:5 This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
- Numbers 5:22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
- Deuteronomy 27:15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
- Psalms 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- Psalms 89:52 Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 106:48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
- Jeremiah 17:16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.