Jeremiah 27:2
Thus says LORD to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
Isaiah 20:2at that time LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon,
Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
Ezekiel 4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:2-12
Nebuchadnezzar's Victories Predicted. ( b. c. 597.) 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them to… Read the whole commentary →