Jeremiah 27:2
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
Bible in Basic English
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 took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.
Isaiah 20:2At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.
Jeremiah 18:2Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
Jeremiah 25:21Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.
Ezekiel 4:1And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, 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 →