Jeremiah 27:2
'Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
Young's Literal Translation
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 layeth hold on the new garment that [is] on him, and rendeth it — twelve pieces,
Isaiah 20:2at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, 'Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 18:2Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon,
Jeremiah 28:10And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
Ezekiel 4:1'And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city — 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 →