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Time after Pentecost · Proper 8 · Year A

Jeremiah 28:5-9

Jeremiah and the Prophet Hananiah

June 28, 2026

Prophet Jeremiah, Michelangelo
Prophet Jeremiah, Michelangelo, c. 1511Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican
Perhaps the most inward figure on the ceiling: Jeremiah slumped with a hand over his mouth and his eyes down, saying nothing at all.The prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet. Jeremiah's job was mostly to be unwelcome.MichelangeloSculptor first and painter under protest, who spent four years on his back on the Sistine ceiling and produced the most consequential painting in Europe.Sistine Chapel ceiling, VaticanThe pope's chapel, where conclaves are held, decorated by Perugino, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio before Michelangelo was ever asked.Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 10:34-42Mt 10:34-42
EpistleRom. 7:1-13Rom 7:1-13
Old TestamentJer. 28:5-9Jer 28:5-9
PsalterPs. 119:153-160Ps 119:153-160

Overview & Insights

“As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.” (Jeremiah 28:9)

Jeremiah answers Hananiah, who has publicly predicted a swift end to Babylon's yoke. Jeremiah insists that a prophet of peace is vindicated only when the promised peace actually arrives.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Jeremiah 28:5-9Working Preacher: Commentary on Jer 28:5-9 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on true and false prophecy.

Enduring Word: Jeremiah 28Enduring Word: Jer 28 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Jeremiah 28 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Jer 28 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study gathering many commentators on Jeremiah's clash with Hananiah.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Jeremiah 28:5BibleHub: Commentaries on Jer 28:5 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Jeremiah's reply to Hananiah.

StudyLight: Jeremiah 28 CommentariesStudyLight: Jer 28 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Jeremiah 28 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Jeremiah 28 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Jer 28 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Jeremiah 28 InterlinearBibleHub: Jer 28 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Jeremiah 28Catena: Jer 28 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Jeremiah 28.

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