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Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />this is what the LORD has said to me: “Make for yourself restraints and yokes and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />thus says the LORD to me— &#8220Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />thus says the LORD to me—“Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />thus says Yahweh to me—“Make for yourself bonds and the bars of a yoke and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD to me, “Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD said to me: Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />to make myself a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and to put it on my neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />this is what the LORD says to me: "Make restraints and yokes for yourself and put them on your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said to me: ?Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus says the LORD to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus said YHWH to me: Make bands and yokes for yourself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah to me: Make to thee bonds and rods and give them upon thy neck,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord to me: Make bands and chains for yourself. And you shall place them on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus the LORD said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD to me: Make yourself yokes and bands, and put them on your neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Thus LORD JEHOVAH said to me, ‘Make for yourself a yoke and straps and put them on your neck<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus said the Lord; Make to thyself bonds and yokes, and put <i>them</i> about thy neck,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7977" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/27.htm">The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me:</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śêh (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">“Make</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">for yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/4133.htm" title="4133: ū·mō·ṭō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- A pole, bar (of a yoke). Feminine of mowt; a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke.">a yoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/4147.htm" title="4147: mō·w·sê·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A band, bond. Also feminine mowcerah; or mocrah; from yacar; properly, chastisement, i.e. a halter; figuratively, restraint.">out of leather straps</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ū·nə·ṯat·tām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and put it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6677.htm" title="6677: ṣaw·wā·re·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or tsavvar; or tsavvaron; or tsavva.rah; intensively from tsuwr in the sense of binding; the back of the neck.">your neck.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm">Jeremiah 28:10-14</a></span><br />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: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11-12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-4.htm">Jeremiah 29:4-7</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1-11</a></span><br />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: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Jeremiah 18:1-6</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1-3</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-1.htm">Ezekiel 12:1-7</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-15.htm">Ezekiel 24:15-24</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/24-12.htm">2 Kings 24:12-17</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-21</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-1.htm">Daniel 1:1-2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Matthew 11:29-30</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-10.htm">Acts 21:10-14</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-1.htm">Romans 13:1-2</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD to me; Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,</p><p class="hdg">saith the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1,4</a></b></br> 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, <i>it was</i> the latter growth after the king's mowings… </p><p class="hdg">make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Jeremiah 27:12</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm">Jeremiah 28:10-14</a></b></br> Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it… </p><p class="hdg">put.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1-11</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2-10</a></b></br> Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1-11</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and <i>take</i> of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-2.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Bonds</a> <a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Crossbars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/exodus/39-20.htm">Straps</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Thongs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Yoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-12.htm">Yoke-Bars</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-22.htm">Yokes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Bonds</a> <a href="/exodus/26-26.htm">Crossbars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/acts/22-25.htm">Straps</a> <a href="/mark/1-7.htm">Thongs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Yoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm">Yoke-Bars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Yokes</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm">By the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">The like he does to Zedekiah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm">He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, </a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, prophets often begin their messages with a declaration of divine origin, underscoring that their words are not their own but from God. This establishes the seriousness and authenticity of the message. In the context of Jeremiah, this is crucial as he often faced opposition and disbelief.<p><b>Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps:</b><br>The yoke is a powerful symbol in biblical literature, representing submission and servitude. In ancient agrarian societies, a yoke was used to harness animals for plowing, symbolizing control and direction. Here, it signifies the impending subjugation of Judah and the surrounding nations under Babylonian rule. The use of leather straps suggests durability and strength, indicating the inescapable nature of this subjugation. This act is a prophetic sign, a common method used by prophets to convey God's message visually and tangibly.<p><b>and put it on your neck:</b><br>By placing the yoke on his own neck, Jeremiah embodies the message, demonstrating the reality of the prophecy. This act of wearing the yoke is a vivid illustration of the burden and oppression that will come upon the people. It serves as a physical manifestation of the spiritual and political reality that Judah will face. This symbolic action is reminiscent of other prophetic acts in the Bible, such as Isaiah walking barefoot and naked (<a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2-4</a>) or Ezekiel lying on his side (<a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Ezekiel 4:4-6</a>), which were meant to capture attention and convey a deeper message.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His will and plans through His prophets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/y/yoke.htm">Yoke</a></b><br>A wooden bar or frame used to join animals, typically oxen, for plowing or pulling loads. Symbolically, it represents submission or servitude.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment and exile due to their disobedience to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event where the people of Judah were taken captive by Babylon, as a consequence of their rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_submission.htm">Symbol of Submission</a></b><br>The yoke represents submission to God's will, even when it involves difficult circumstances. Believers are called to trust in God's sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_action.htm">Prophetic Action</a></b><br>Jeremiah's act of wearing a yoke is a vivid illustration of prophetic symbolism. It teaches us the importance of living out our faith visibly and tangibly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The yoke signifies the consequences of Judah's disobedience. It serves as a reminder that turning away from God leads to bondage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The message of the yoke is a call to repentance and submission to God's authority, urging believers to examine their lives and align with God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_submission.htm">Hope in Submission</a></b><br>While the yoke symbolizes judgment, it also points to hope. Submission to God, even in difficult times, leads to eventual restoration and peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27’s portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_27_stress_obeying_babylon.htm">Why does the text in Jeremiah 27 emphasize obedience to Babylon’s rule if rabbinic and later Christian teachings stress allegiance to God above earthly powers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_4_4-5__lie_390_days_safely.htm">Ezekiel 4:4–5: How could someone realistically lie on one side for 390 days without serious health complications or interruptions? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_yokes_in_jer._28_10-13.htm">In Jeremiah 28:10–13, why is there no archaeological evidence of the symbolic wooden and iron yokes Jeremiah mentions? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Make thee bonds and yokes.</span>--This method of vivid symbolic prediction had a precedent in the conduct of Isaiah when he walked "naked and barefoot" (<a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm" title="At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put off your shoe from your foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.">Isaiah 20:2</a>). We have to realise the infinitely more vivid impression which the appearance of the prophet in this strange guise, as though he were at once a captive slave and a beast of burden, would make on the minds of men, as compared with simply warning them of a coming subjugation. The principle on which the prophet acted was that of Horace (<span class= "ital">Ep. ad Pis. </span>180):--<p>"<span class= "ital">Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures,<p>Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et quae<p>Ipse sibi tradit spectator."</span><p>"Things that we hear less stir the inmost soul,<p>Than what the eye sees dramatised in act."<p>So Agabus bound himself with Paul's girdle (<a href="/acts/21-11.htm" title="And when he was come to us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus said the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that ownes this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.">Acts 21:11</a>). So Ezekiel dug through the wall of his house and carried out his stuff (<a href="/context/ezekiel/12-5.htm" title="Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.">Ezekiel 12:5-7</a>). We find from <a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm" title="Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.">Jeremiah 28:10</a> that the prophet obeyed the command quite literally. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Make thee bends and yokes</span>; rather, bands <span class="accented">and poles</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> 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 <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Leviticus 26:13</a>, we find the phrase, "the poles [Authorized Version wrongly, 'the bands'] of your yoke." It is clear from <a href="/jeremiah/28-10.htm">Jeremiah 28:10</a> that this account is to be taken literally. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(kōh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Make</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֵׂ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for yourself</span><br /><span class="heb">לְךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a yoke</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֹט֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mō·ṭō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4133.htm">Strong's 4133: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of leather straps</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹסֵר֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·sê·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4147.htm">Strong's 4147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, a halter, restraint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and put it</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְתַתָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ṯat·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your neck.</span><br /><span class="heb">צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣaw·wā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6677.htm">Strong's 6677: </a> </span><span class="str2">The back of the neck</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/27-2.htm">Jeremiah 27:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/27-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:2 Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/27-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/27-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 27:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 27:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>