Jeremiah 28:4 - Exposition

And I will bring again … Jeconiah . Hananiah thus directly contradicts the assurance of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 22:26 , Jeremiah 22:27 ) that Jehoiachin would not return, but would die in a foreign land. Has he a political object in his favorable prognostication for the deposed king? Does he, in short, belong to a Jehoiachin party opposed to the friends of Zedekiah? The view is possible, and may seem to be confirmed by the emphatic repetition of the fall of Nebuchadnezzar, the liege lord of Zedekiah. Still there is evidence enough in modern history that the return of an exile is not necessarily tantamount to his reinstatement in his office.