17 In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
17 In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.
17 Prophet Hananiah died that very year, in the seventh month.
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
17 Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 28:17
Commentary on Jeremiah 28:10-17
(Read Jeremiah 28:10-17)
Hananiah is sentenced to die, and Jeremiah, when he has received direction from God, boldly tells him so; but not before he received that commission. Those have much to answer for, who tell sinners that they shall have peace, though they harden their hearts in contempt of God's word. The servant of God must be gentle to all men. He must give up even his right, and leave the Lord to plead his cause. Every attempt of ungodly men to make vain the purposes of God, will add to their miseries.