Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. New Living Translation This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps. English Standard Version Thus the LORD said to me: “Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck. Berean Standard Bible This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. King James Bible Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, New King James Version “Thus says the LORD to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, New American Standard Bible this is what the LORD has said to me: “Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck, NASB 1995 thus says the LORD to me— “Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck, NASB 1977 thus says the LORD to me—“Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck, Legacy Standard Bible thus says Yahweh to me—“Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck, Amplified Bible Thus says the LORD to me, “Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck, Christian Standard Bible This is what the LORD said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck. Holman Christian Standard Bible “This is what the LORD said to me: Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck. American Standard Version Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; English Revised Version Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck; GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck. Good News Translation to make myself a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and to put it on my neck. International Standard Version this is what the LORD says to me: "Make restraints and yokes for yourself and put them on your neck. Majority Standard Bible This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. NET Bible The LORD told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck. New Heart English Bible "Thus says the LORD to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck; Webster's Bible Translation Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, World English Bible Yahweh says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Thus said YHWH to me: Make bands and yokes for yourself, Young's Literal Translation 'Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes, Smith's Literal Translation Thus said Jehovah to me: Make to thee bonds and rods and give them upon thy neck, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck. Catholic Public Domain Version “Thus says the Lord to me: Make bands and chains for yourself. And you shall place them on your neck. New American Bible The LORD said to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your shoulders. New Revised Standard Version Thus the LORD said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThus says the LORD to me: Make yourself yokes and bands, and put them on your neck, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “Thus LORD JEHOVAH said to me, ‘Make for yourself a yoke and straps and put them on your neck OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck; Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus said the Lord; Make to thyself bonds and yokes, and put them about thy neck, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. 2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. 3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.… Cross References Jeremiah 28:10-14 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. / And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way. / But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: ... Jeremiah 25:11-12 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. Jeremiah 29:4-7 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: / “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. / Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease. ... Jeremiah 13:1-11 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” / So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist. / Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: ... Jeremiah 18:1-6 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: / “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.” / So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. ... Isaiah 20:2-4 the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. / Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. Ezekiel 4:1-3 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem. / Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides. / Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel. Ezekiel 12:1-7 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. / Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. ... Ezekiel 24:15-24 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. / Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” ... 2 Kings 24:12-17 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive. / As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD. / He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. ... 2 Chronicles 36:17-21 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ... Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Matthew 11:29-30 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Acts 21:10-14 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. / Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’” / When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. ... Romans 13:1-2 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. / Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. Treasury of Scripture Thus said the LORD to me; Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, saith the Lord. Amos 7:1,4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings… make. Jeremiah 27:12 I spake also 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 28:10-14 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it… put. Jeremiah 13:1-11 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water… Jeremiah 18:2-10 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words… Jeremiah 19:1-11 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; … Jump to Previous Bands Bars Bonds Crossbars Neck Straps Thongs Yoke Yoke-Bars YokesJump to Next Bands Bars Bonds Crossbars Neck Straps Thongs Yoke Yoke-Bars YokesJeremiah 27 1. By the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings8. He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets. 12. The like he does to Zedekiah. 19. He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, This is what the LORD said to me This phrase establishes the divine authority behind the message. The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. Jeremiah, as a prophet, is a mouthpiece for God, and this introduction underscores the seriousness and authenticity of the message. In a conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the importance of obedience to God's word, as it is not merely human opinion but divine instruction. Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck "Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures, Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et quae Ipse sibi tradit spectator." "Things that we hear less stir the inmost soul, Than what the eye sees dramatised in act." So Agabus bound himself with Paul's girdle (Acts 21:11). So Ezekiel dug through the wall of his house and carried out his stuff (Ezekiel 12:5-7). We find from Jeremiah 28:10 that the prophet obeyed the command quite literally. . . . Verse 2. - Make thee bends and yokes; rather, bands and poles; i.e. the bands which secured the two pieces of wood placed respectively above and beneath the neck of the ox, so forming a yoke. Hence, in Leviticus 26:13, we find the phrase, "the poles [Authorized Version wrongly, 'the bands'] of your yoke." It is clear from Jeremiah 28:10 that this account is to be taken literally.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “This is whatכֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said אָמַ֤ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to me: אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Make עֲשֵׂ֣ה (‘ă·śêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make for yourself לְךָ֔ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew a yoke וּמֹט֑וֹת (ū·mō·ṭō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4133: A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke out of leather straps מוֹסֵר֖וֹת (mō·w·sê·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4147: Chastisement, a halter, restraint and put it וּנְתַתָּ֖ם (ū·nə·ṯat·tām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your neck. צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃ (ṣaw·wā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6677: The back of the neck Links Jeremiah 27:2 NIVJeremiah 27:2 NLT Jeremiah 27:2 ESV Jeremiah 27:2 NASB Jeremiah 27:2 KJV Jeremiah 27:2 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 27:2 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 27:2 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 27:2 French Bible Jeremiah 27:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:2 Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds (Jer.) |
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