English Standard Version
Jeremiah 27:2
2Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
- New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.
Context of Jeremiah 27:2
1In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord. Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck. 3Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4Give them this charge for their masters: 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say 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 7:1This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
- Jeremiah 27:12To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.
- Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke them.
- Jeremiah 13:1Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water."
- Jeremiah 18:2"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
- Jeremiah 19:1Thus says the Lord, "Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
- 1 Kings 11:30Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
- Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet," and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- Ezekiel 4:1"And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 5:1"And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it as a barber's razor and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.
- Ezekiel 12:1The word of the Lord came to me:
- Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also;
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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