Jeremiah 28:5

“Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah, etc.] The false prophet, as he is called by the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic versions: in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord; waiting and worshipping in the temple; and said boldly and before them all, in answer to Hananiah’s prophecy, what follows.”

“the prophet Jeremiah--the epithet, "the prophet," is prefixed to "Jeremiah" throughout this chapter, to correspond to the same epithet before "Hananiah"; except in Jer 28:12, where "the prophet" has been inserted in English Version. The rival claims of the true and the false prophet are thus put in the more prominent contrast.”

“28:5-6 Amen! (literally So be it!): Jeremiah would have been happy to see this prediction fulfilled.”

“the house: Jer 28:1, Jer 7:2, Jer 19:14, Jer 26:2 Jeremiah 28:6”

“Jeremiah's reply. - First Jeremiah admits that the fulfilment of this prediction would be desirable ( Jer 28:6), but then reminds his opponent that all the prophets of the Lord up till this time have prophesied of war and calamity ( Jer 28:7 and Jer 28:8). So that if a prophet, in opposition to these witnesses of God, predicts nothing but peace and safety, then nothing short of the fulfilment of his prediction can make good his claim to be a true prophet ( Jer 28:9). \- Jeremiah's answer is to this effect: Jer 28:6. "Amen (i.e., yea), may Jahveh so do! may Jahveh perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jahveh's house and all the captives from Babylon into…”