Jeremiah 27:2
Proclaim ye among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress them not: say ye, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Merodach is delivered up.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
In Context
1The word of the Lord which he spoke against Babylon.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:
Isaiah 20:2then the Lord spoke to Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2Jeremiah, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
Jeremiah 28:10The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Zion the works of the Lord our God.
Ezekiel 4:1And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the 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 →