Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 28:11

11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years . And the prophet Jeremiah went his way .

As God hath his Sacraments to confirm the truth of his word, of which his Ministers are the Stewards and Administrators; So the Devil hath his Sacraments, of which his Prophets are the Administrators. God by his Prophet Ieremy had revealed his will, as to the King of Babylon's success against many Nations, and bringing them into his servitude, as a Sacrament or sign of this, he had commanded Ieremiah to put on a yoke with bonds. Hananiah the false Prophet, cometh in the name of God, and declares the contrary, that within two years God would break the King of Babylon, and free the Nations in subjection to him; and as a Sacrament or sign to gain credit to this falshood, he plucks off Ieremiahs yoke, and breaks it, and expounds himself, that God should so break the King of Babylons yoke from the neck of all Nations, and pretends he had a commission from God to say this.

Ieremiah not able to indure to hear such lyes, goeth away in testimony of his dissent from him, and adherence to what he had said.

Marginal references: chap. 27.7.