American Standard Version
Jeremiah 27:2
2Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Jeremiah 27:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
Context of Jeremiah 27:2
1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; 3and send them to the king 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 come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah: 4and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:2
- Amos 7:1Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
- Jeremiah 27:12And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
- Jeremiah 28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
- Jeremiah 13:1Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
- Jeremiah 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
- Jeremiah 19:1Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
- 1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
- Isaiah 20:2at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Ezekiel 4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
- Ezekiel 5:1And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
- Ezekiel 12:1The word of Jehovah also came unto me, saying,
- Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Commentaries on Jeremiah 27:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Make thee bonds and yokes - Probably yokes with straps, by which they were attached to the neck. This was a symbolical action, to show that the several kings mentioned below should be brought under the dominion of the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Yokes - Two curved pieces of wood, the one put over the neck of the ox, the other under, and then fastened together by bonds or cords (compare Psalm 2:3). Compare the marginal references.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22The Lord told Jeremiah to send messages to the ambassadors from nearby countries to announce the Lord’s judgment on them. Jeremiah was to show his message by wearing a wooden yoke. This event happened in 594 to 593 BC (see Jeremiah 28:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. bonds--by which the yoke is made fast to the neck (Jr 5:5). yokes--literally, the carved piece of wood attached at both ends to the two yokes on the necks of a pair of oxen, so as to connect them. Here the yoke itself. The plural is used, as he was to wear one himself, and give the others to the ambassadors; (Jr 27:3; 28:10, 12) proves that the symbolical act was in this instance (though not in others, Jr 25:15) actually done (compare Is 20:2, &c.; Eze…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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