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Jeremiah 27:2
"This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
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Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.
This is what the Lord said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
Thus says the LORD to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
English Standard Version
Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
New American Standard Bible
this is what the LORD has said to me: "Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck,
this is what the LORD has said to me: "Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck,
New Century Version
This is what the Lord said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and poles, and put it on the back of your neck.
This is what the Lord said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and poles, and put it on the back of your neck.
Amplified Bible
Thus says the LORD to me, "Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
Thus says the LORD to me, "Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
Thus says Yahweh to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lorde to me, Make thee bonds, and yokes, & put them vpon thy necke,
Thus saith the Lorde to me, Make thee bonds, and yokes, & put them vpon thy necke,
Legacy Standard Bible
thus says Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,
thus says Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,
Complete Jewish Bible
" Adonai says this to me: ‘Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars, and put it on your neck.
" Adonai says this to me: ‘Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars, and put it on your neck.
Darby Translation
Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord said to me: "Jeremiah, make a yoke out of straps and poles. Put that yoke on the back of your neck.
This is what the Lord said to me: "Jeremiah, make a yoke out of straps and poles. Put that yoke on the back of your neck.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD to me: Make yourself yokes and bands, and put them on your neck,
Thus says the LORD to me: Make yourself yokes and bands, and put them on your neck,
Good News Translation
to make myself a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and to put it on my neck.
to make myself a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and to put it on my neck.
Lexham English Bible
thus said Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself fetters and yokes and put them on your neck,
thus said Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself fetters and yokes and put them on your neck,
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah to me, Make bonds and yokes for yourself, and put them on your neck.
So says Jehovah to me, Make bonds and yokes for yourself, and put them on your neck.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Make the bondes & chaynes, and put them aboute thy neck,
Make the bondes & chaynes, and put them aboute thy neck,
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
King James Version (1611)
Thus sayth the Lord to me, Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them vpon thy necke.
Thus sayth the Lord to me, Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them vpon thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make thee bondes and chaynes, and put them about thy necke,
Make thee bondes and chaynes, and put them about thy necke,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Proclaim ye among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress them not: say ye, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.
Proclaim ye among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress them not: say ye, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord seith these thingis to me, Make thou to thee boondis and chaynes, and thou schalt putte tho in thi necke;
The Lord seith these thingis to me, Make thou to thee boondis and chaynes, and thou schalt putte tho in thi necke;
Update Bible Version
This is what Yahweh said to me: Make bonds and bars for yourself, and put them on your neck;
This is what Yahweh said to me: Make bonds and bars for yourself, and put them on your neck;
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
New English Translation
The Lord told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
The Lord told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
New King James Version
"Thus says the LORD to me: "Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
"Thus says the LORD to me: "Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
New Living Translation
This is what the Lord said to me: "Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.
This is what the Lord said to me: "Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.
New Life Bible
The Lord said to me, "Make ropes and a cross-bar for carrying a load, and put them on your neck.
The Lord said to me, "Make ropes and a cross-bar for carrying a load, and put them on your neck.
New Revised Standard
Thus the Lord said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck.
Thus the Lord said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, said Yahweh unto me, Make thee, bonds and bars, and put them upon thine own neck.
Thus, said Yahweh unto me, Make thee, bonds and bars, and put them upon thine own neck.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
Revised Standard Version
Thus the LORD said to me: "Make yourself thongs and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
Thus the LORD said to me: "Make yourself thongs and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
thus says the LORD to me—"Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
thus says the LORD to me—"Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
Contextual Overview
1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2"This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4Give them a message for their masters declaring that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell them: 5By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please. 6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him. 7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him. 8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand. 9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who tell you, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon.' 10For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
saith the Lord: or, hath the Lord said, Amos 7:1, Amos 7:4
Make: Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 28:10-14
put: Jeremiah 13:1-11, Jeremiah 18:2-10, Jeremiah 19:1-11, Jeremiah 28:10, 1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:31, Isaiah 20:2-4, Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 5:17, Ezekiel 12:1-28, Ezekiel 24:3-12
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:15 - anoint 1 Kings 20:35 - Smite me 1 Kings 22:11 - horns of iron 2 Chronicles 18:10 - horns of iron Nehemiah 3:5 - put not Jeremiah 1:10 - I have Jeremiah 27:11 - General Jeremiah 28:2 - I Jeremiah 28:11 - Even Jeremiah 30:8 - I Lamentations 5:5 - Our necks are under persecution Ezekiel 7:23 - a chain Ezekiel 12:3 - prepare
Cross-References
Genesis 47:29
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
1 Samuel 20:3
But David again vowed, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, 'Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.' As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death."
But David again vowed, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, 'Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.' As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death."
Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Isaiah 38:1
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover."
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover."
Isaiah 38:3
saying, "Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
saying, "Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Mark 13:35
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return-whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return-whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus saith the Lord to me, make thee bonds and yokes,.... The yokes were made of wood, as appears from Jeremiah 28:13; and the bonds were strings or thongs, which bound the yoke together, that it might not slip off the neck, on which it was put:
and put them upon thy neck; not all of them together, but one after another, at different times; and this was very significant; for the prophet being seen abroad with a yoke upon his neck, it would be natural to inquire the meaning of it; when they would be told it was to signify the subjection of Judah, and so of other nations, to the king of Babylon; and that he did wear at times such a yoke, even fifteen years after, in the fourth of Zedekiah's reign, appears from Jeremiah 28:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Yokes - Two curved pieces of wood, the one put over the neck of the ox, the other under, and then fastened together by bonds or cords (compare Psalms 2:3). Compare the marginal references.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 27:2. Make thee bonds and yokes — Probably yokes with straps, by which they were attached to the neck. This was a symbolical action, to show that the several kings mentioned below should be brought under the dominion of the Chaldeans.
