Jeremiah 27:2
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
Majority Standard Bible
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 hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on 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 →