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Complete Jewish Bible

Jeremiah 27:2

" Adonai says this to me: ‘Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars, and put it on your neck.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Babylon;   Edom;   Edomites;   Instruction;   Prophets;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Prophets;   Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Neck;   Yoke;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Jeremiah;   Pelatiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Hananiah;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moab, Moabites ;   Tyre, Tyrus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ammonites;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Band;   Yoke;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-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,
Christian Standard Bible®
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;
Darby Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
Thus says the LORD to me, "Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Berean Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD said to me: Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'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.
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.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Lexham English Bible
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.
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.
New English Translation
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,
New Living Translation
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.
New Revised Standard
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
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,
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make thee bondes and chaynes, and put them about thy necke,
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;
Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
Revised Standard Version
Thus the LORD said to me: "Make yourself thongs and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
Update Bible Version
This is what Yahweh said to me: Make bonds and bars for yourself, and put them on your 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;
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Make the bondes & chaynes, and put them aboute thy neck,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
thus says the LORD to me—"Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
Legacy Standard Bible
thus says Yahweh to me—"Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,

Contextual Overview

1 At the beginning of the reign of Y'hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y'hudah, this word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai : 2 " Adonai says this to me: ‘Make yourself a yoke of straps and crossbars, and put it on your neck. 3 Send [similar yokes] to the kings of Edom, of Mo'av, of the people of ‘Amon, of Tzor, and of Tzidon by means of the envoys they send to Yerushalayim, and to Tzidkiyahu king of Y'hudah. 4 Give them this message for their masters by telling their envoys that Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says for them to tell their masters: 5 "‘"I made the earth, humankind, and the animals on the earth by my great power and my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me. 6 For now, I have given over all these lands to my servant N'vukhadnetzar the king of Bavel; I have also given him the wild animals to serve him. 7 All the nations will serve him, his son and his grandson, until his own country gets its turn — at which time many nations and great kings will make him their slave. 8 The nation and kingdom that refuses to serve this N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, that will not put their necks under the yoke of the king of Bavel, I will punish," says Adonai "with sword, famine and plague, until I have put an end to them through him. 9 "‘"You, therefore, don't listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, magicians or sorcerers, when they tell you that you won't be subject to the king of Bavel; 10 for they are prophesying lies to you that will result in your being removed far from your land, with my driving you out, so that you 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
The time came when Isra'el was approaching death; so he called for his son Yosef and said to him, "If you truly love me, please put your hand under my thigh and pledge that, out of consideration for me, you will not bury me in Egypt.
Genesis 48:21
Isra'el then said to Yosef, "You see that I am dying, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.
1 Samuel 20:3
In response David swore, "Your father knows very well that you have made me your friend. This is why he will say, ‘Y'honatan must not know this, or he will be unhappy.' As truly as Adonai lives, and as truly as you are alive, there is only a step between me and death."
Proverbs 27:1
Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what the day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever task comes your way to do, do it with all your strength; because in Sh'ol, where you will go, there is neither working nor planning, neither knowledge nor wisdom.
Isaiah 38:1
Around this time Hizkiyahu became ill to the point of death. Yesha‘yahu the prophet, the son of Amotz, came and said to him, "Here is what Adonai says: ‘Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not live.'"
Isaiah 38:3
"I plead with you, Adonai , remember now how I have lived before you truly and wholeheartedly, and how I have done what you see as good." And he cried bitter tears.
Mark 13:35
So stay alert! for you don't know when the owner of the house will come,
James 4:14
You don't even know if you will be alive tomorrow! For all you are is a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears.

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.


 
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