Jeremiah 27:2

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 Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying-- this is what the Lord has said to me: “Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck, 3and send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4Order them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “This is what you shall say to your masters:

Jeremiah 27:2 word by word

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to me: “Makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• restraintsמוֹסֵרmôsêr môsêrâh môserâh · bondH4147
• yokesמוֹטָהmôţâh · yokeH4133
• and putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• them on your neckצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677

Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:2

• Amos 7:1This is what the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.
• Jeremiah 27:12I spoke words like all these to Zedekiah king of Judah, 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 yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
• Jeremiah 13:1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.”
• Jeremiah 18:2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.”
• Jeremiah 19:1This is what the Lord says: “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests.
• 1 Kings 11:30Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.
• Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you, and inscribe a city on it--Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 5:1“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair.
• Ezekiel 12:1Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
• Ezekiel 24:3Present a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Put on the pot, put 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 27:2

• Ammonites
• Babylon
• Edom
• Edomites
• Instruction
• Prophets
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Neck
• Yoke
• Band
• Captain
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

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