Jeremiah 28

And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Even so I will 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...Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie. vv.11,15

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A difference breaks out between two prophets: Hananiah and Jeremiah.  We know from history that Hananiah was the false prophet and Jeremiah the true prophet.  Jeremiah was wearing these yokes God told him to put on in the last chapter and now as they are before king Zedekiah, Hananiah takes the yoke off of Jeremiah and breaks it, trying to make it like a sign as many prophets are to do acts as signs of prophesy, showing that the yoke of Babylon will be broken.  What amazed me at first is that Jeremiah doesn't say anything, but just walks away- yet we know that was not true of Hananiah's prophesy.  Shortly after though Jeremiah speaks the word of the Lord to Hananiah that the yoke of wood he broke will now become a yoke of iron- unbreakable.  He also tells Hananiah that he will die because he prophesied lies that caused the people to trust in instead of the truth.  Jeremiah waited to have a word of the Lord to speak up against Hananiah's lies.  Ought we also, like Jeremiah, seek to know God's words against lies so that when we speak we do so wisely and not out of anger or frustration?