John Trapp on Jeremiah 28:1

CHAP. XXVIII.

Ver. 1. ANd it came to paſſe the ſame year] ſc. Wherein Jermiah ſpake to Zedekiah and the Prieſts, cap. 27 12.

In the beginning] In his firſt year; dividing his reign into three parts.

That Hananiah the ſon of Azur the Prophet] i. e. The pretended Prophet. Dictum [non-Latin text not transcribed]. A Prieſt he ſeemeth to have been by his Country Gibeon, Joſh. 21.13, 17. and a Prophet he taketh upon him to be, preacheth pleaſing things through flattery, and for filthy lucre, likely. He ſaw how ill Ʋriah and Jeremy had ſped by telling the truth: He reſolveth therefore upon another courſe. Theſe falſe Prophets would ever with the Squiril, build and have their holes open to the Sunny-ſide: ever keep in with the Princes, and pleaſe the people.