Jeremiah 27:2
“Thus says the Lord to me: Make bands and chains for yourself. And you shall place them on your neck.
Catholic Public Domain 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 taking his new cloak, with which he was covered, Ahijah tore it into twelve parts.
Isaiah 20:2in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2“Rise up and descend into the house of the potter, and there you will hear my words.”
Jeremiah 25:21and Idumea, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon,
Jeremiah 28:10And Hananiah the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and he broke it.
Ezekiel 4:1“And as for you, son of man, take up for yourself a tablet, and you shall set it before you. And you shall draw upon it the city of 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 →