Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
bonds—by which the yoke is made fast to the neck (Jeremiah 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; (Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 28:10, Jeremiah 28:12) proves that the symbolical act was in this instance (though not in others, Jeremiah 25:15) actually done (compare Isaiah 20:2, etc.; Ezekiel 12:3, Ezekiel 12:11, Ezekiel 12:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 27:2:
Jeremiah 28:10
Ezekiel 7:23
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