Bible Game · Chapter 27
Hananiah and Jeremiah
Under the yoke of Babylon, in the court of the temple in Jerusalem. Jeremiah has gone about with a wooden yoke on his neck, crying “Serve Babylon” — an unwelcome word. Then the prophet Hananiah stands against him in the name of the LORD of hosts: “Within two years I will break the yoke of Babylon.” And he takes the yoke from Jeremiah's neck and breaks it with his own hands. The priests and the people look on. You stand in that court. — This game does not ask who was truly sent by God. It settles only one thing: before two prophecies, by what do you tell the true one?
Old Testament · Jeremiah 28 · between a bold cry and a quiet question
Unfamiliar words in this case
- prophet — one who received God's word and spoke it plainly to king and people. Not a fortune-teller, but one who names right and wrong without fear. Also called a seer.
- yoke — a heavy wooden frame laid across the necks of two oxen so they pull a load together. In the Bible it is a figure for being bound in servitude to another. “The yoke of Babylon” means submission and service to Babylon.
The painting in this case
Scene illustration · Hananiah lifts the wooden yoke above his head and breaks it, shouting. Beside him Jeremiah stands quiet — for it was not the loudness of the voice but whether the word came to pass that told true from false.
A Bible detective game: read the Hebrew and Greek alongside the text, cross-examine the witnesses, and work out what actually happened. Not a quiz you memorize — you win by reading, weighing, and judging. Free, in Korean and English.
This game makes no theological judgments. Every verdict rests only on the narrative facts the text itself states.
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