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Jer 28
Hananiah was a prophet who claimed to have heard from God about deliverance of Israel from the hands of Babylon. He prophesied that there will be peace and the yoke of oppression will be broken within 2 years - v:11

V: 17 says - Two months later, the prophet Hananiah died. 

How come? 
Did he see his prophesy come true? 
Absolutely not.
Question; Why? 
Answer: because God never spoke to him. 

But we see another prophesy come true in that chapter - that of Jeremiah's. 
Question: Why? 
V:12 we read - soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the Lord gave this message  to Jeremiah. 
Answer - because the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. 

Why only to Jeremiah and not to Hananiah. I presume the difference is the relationship they maintained with God. Nothing is said about how was Hananiah's relation with God. But Jeremiah was somebody who obeyed God to the core. When God conveys His message of judgement, he proclaims it without fear, in front of the temple for everyone to hear. He is the one who wore a wooden yoke on his shoulders for months because the Lord asked him to. 
If there is no love; if there is no obedience; if there is no relationship; then there is no hearing of His voice. 
Otherwise it is only blabbering of what others want to hear. No genuine voice of God. 

Where are you? Are you confident that you hear the voice of God in its full purity? And are you sure that you speak only what He would speak? That confidence comes only from a fruitful relationship with your Father in heaven. 

Its through a still whisper that He speaks. 

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