In Jeremiah 25-29, Jeremiah declares the word of the Lord that Babylon with King Nebuchadnezzar are coming, and Judah and surrounding nations have two choices, either surrender and have life, or fight and die. Of course the leadership of Judah did not like that, and they tried to kill Jeremiah, but he was spared. Then a false teacher, Hananiah, confronted Jeremiah and took the yokes that the Lord had told Jeremiah to wear, and he took them off and broke them. The Lord brought judgment upon Hananiah and he died that year. Then Jeremiah is told to write a letter to the ones already in exile and told them that it would last for 70 years, and then the Lord would bring home His people.
