When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple.

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.

But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Then they asked Baruch, "How did you come to write all these words? Do they actually come from Jeremiah's mouth?"