Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 27:2
2This is what the Lord said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your 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
1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: This is what the Lord said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck. 3Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through messengers who are coming to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem. 4Command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell this to your masters:
Read all of Jeremiah 27Jeremiah 27:2 word by word
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:2
- Amos 7:1The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.
- Jeremiah 27:12I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and live!
- Jeremiah 28:10The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.
- Jeremiah 13:1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on. But do not put it in water.”
- Jeremiah 18:2“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.”
- Jeremiah 19:1This is what the Lord says: “Go, buy a potter’s clay jar. Take some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests
- 1 Kings 11:30Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,
- Isaiah 20:2during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot —
- Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
- Ezekiel 5:1“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
- Ezekiel 12:1The word of the Lord came to me:
- Ezekiel 24:3Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Put the pot on the fire — put it on, and then 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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