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Jeremiah 27:2
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Symbol of the Bonds and Yokes

1 In1 the beginning of the reign of2 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, aking of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,  
2 “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, aand put them on your neck,  
3 and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 And command them to say to their masters, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel—thus you shall say to your masters:
5 a‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and bhave given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.  
6 aAnd now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, bMy servant; and cthe beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 27:2

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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