KJV King James Version
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
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Jeremiah 27:2
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 27
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
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Amos 7:1Thus 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.Jeremiah 13:1-11Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.Isaiah 20:2-4At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.Jeremiah 18:2-10Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.Ezekiel 24:3-12And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set [it] on, and also pour water into it:1 Kings 11:30-31And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:Amos 7:4Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.Jeremiah 19:1-11Thus 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;Ezekiel 4:1-5Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:Jeremiah 27:12I 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.Ezekiel 12:1-28The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,Jeremiah 28:10-14Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
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