¹But know this, that in the  ²last days  ³difficult times will come.

For  ¹men will be  ²lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters,  ³arrogant,  ⁴revilers, disobedient to parents,  ⁵unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection,  ¹implacable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, not lovers of good,

 ¹Traitors,  ²reckless,  ³blinded with pride,  ⁴lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Having an  ¹outward form of godliness, though denying its  ²power; from these also turn away.

For of these are those who creep into houses and take captive silly women heaped with sins, who are led by various desires

And are always learning yet never able to come to the  ¹full knowledge of the truth.

And in the manner that  ¹Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the  ²truth; men corrupted in mind,  ³disapproved concerning the  ⁴faith.

But they will not advance farther, for their  ¹folly will be completely manifest to all, as also the folly of  ²those became.

But you have closely followed my teaching,  ¹conduct,  ²purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

Persecutions, sufferings, such as befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in  ¹Lystra. Such persecutions I bore, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

And indeed all who  ¹desire to  ²live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But evil men and  ¹impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But you,  ¹continue in the  ²things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from which ones you have learned them

 ¹And that from a babe you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through the  ²faith which is in Christ Jesus.

 ¹All Scripture is  ²God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for  ³conviction, for  ⁴correction, for  ⁵instruction in righteousness,

That the  ¹man of God may be  ²complete, fully  ³equipped for every good work.

In the beginning of the reign of  ¹Zedekiah the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Thus said Jehovah to me, Make for yourself bonds and yoke bars, and put them on your neck;

And send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the children of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah the king of Judah.

And command them to go to their masters, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus you shall say to your masters,

It is I who made the earth, and the people and the animals who are on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm; and I give it to whomever it seems right in My own eyes.

And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and I have also given him the beasts of the field to serve him.

And all the nations will serve him and his son and his son's son until the time of his own land comes, when many nations and great kings will make him serve them.

But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with sword and with famine and with pestilence, declares Jehovah, until I have consumed them by his hand.

But as for you, do not listen to your prophets and to your  ¹diviners and to your dreams and to your  ¹soothsayers and to your  ¹sorcerers who speak to you, saying, You will not serve the king of Babylon.

For they prophesy falsehood to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

But any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, declares Jehovah, to till it and dwell there.

And I spoke to Zedekiah the king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Why will you die, you and your people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah has spoken concerning the nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?

And do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You will not serve the king of Babylon; for they are prophesying falsehood to you.

For I have not sent them, declares Jehovah; but they prophesy falsely in My name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.

And I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says Jehovah, Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, The vessels of the house of Jehovah will now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they are prophesying falsehood to you.

Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?

But if they are prophets and if the word of Jehovah is with them, let them intercede to Jehovah of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the rest of the vessels which are left in this city,

Which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon did not take when he took into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem,

They will be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day I visit them, declares Jehovah; then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.

And in that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Within two full years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took from this place and carried to Babylon.

And Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, I will bring back to this place, declares Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who were standing in the house of Jehovah.

And the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen! May Jehovah do so. May Jehovah establish your words which you have prophesied and bring back the vessels of the house of Jehovah and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.

Nevertheless hear now this word which I am about to speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people.

The prophets who were before me and before you since long ago prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of evil and of pestilence.

The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then the prophet will be known as one whom Jehovah has truly sent.

Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.

And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Jehovah, Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two full years. Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah, You have broken the wooden yoke bars, but you have made in their place iron yoke bars.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, I have put an iron yoke upon the neck of all these nations that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon; and they will serve him. And I have also given the beasts of the field to him.

And the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, Listen now, O Hananiah, Jehovah has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in falsehood.

Therefore thus says Jehovah, I will send you from the face of the earth. This year you will die because you have spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

And the prophet Hananiah died in that very year in the seventh month.