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The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Jeremiah 27:2

In 11 translations

BSB
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,saith…: or, hath the LORD said
WEB
Yahweh says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
LSV
“Thus said YHWH to me: Make bands and yokes for yourself,
YLT
'Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
DBY
Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
DRC
Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
GNV
Thus saith the Lord to me, Make thee bonds, and yokes, and put them vpon thy necke,
JPS
'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
LXXE34:2
Thus said the Lord; Make to thyself bonds and yokes, and put them about thy neck,

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WLC
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br34:2
Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος, ποίησον σεαυτῷ δεσμοὺς καὶ κλοιοὺς, καὶ περίθου περὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου.

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  • Amos 7:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
  • Amos 7:4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
  • Jeremiah 13:1–11This 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 as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my…
  • Jeremiah 18:2–10“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.” So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed…
  • Isaiah 20:2–4the 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…
  • Jeremiah 28:10–14Then 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…
  • Ezekiel 24:3–12Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water. Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and…
  • Ezekiel 4:1–5“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…
  • Jeremiah 27:12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
  • Jeremiah 19:1–11This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate.…
  • Ezekiel 12:1–28Then 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…
  • 1 Kings 11:30–31And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the…

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  • 34:1 in some Bibles
  • 27:2 in most Bibles

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