Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

In Context

1In the beginning of the reign of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, this word came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

3And thou shalt send them to the of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon: by the hand of the messengers that are come to Jerusalem to Sedecias the king of Juda.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:30And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

Isaiah 20:2At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.

Jeremiah 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.

Jeremiah 25:21And Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon.

Jeremiah 28:10And Hananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it.

Ezekiel 4:1And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of 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 →

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