Jeremiah 27:2
the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
World English Bible Classic
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 11:30Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
Isaiah 20:2at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;
Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
Ezekiel 4:1“You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a 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 →