Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Make	עֲשֵׂ֣ה 'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
bonds	מוֹסֵר֖וֹת mo.se.Rot	H4147	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
yokes	וּמֹט֑וֹת u.mo.Tot	H4133	a pole · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
put	וּנְתַתָּ֖ם u.ne.ta.Tam	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
neck	צַוָּארֶֽךָ tza.va.Re.kha	H6677	the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are boun… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Amos 7:1 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…
1 Kings 11:30-31 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
Isaiah 20:2-4 At 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…
Jeremiah 13:1-11 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.
Jeremiah 18:2-10 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jeremiah 19:1-11 Thus 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;
Jeremiah 27:12 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 ser…
Jeremiah 28:10-14 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:1-11

Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the badges of servitude, are said (Jer 27:3) to come to Zedekiah king of Judah, who reigned not till eleven years after the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign. Some make it an error of the copy, and think that it should be read (Jer 27:1), In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, for which some negligent scribe, having his eye on the title of the foregoing chapter, wrote Jehoiakim. And, if one would admit a mistake any where, it should be here, for Zedekiah is mentioned again (Jer 27:12), and the next…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 27:2

bonds--by which the yoke is made fast to the neck (Jer 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; (Jer 27:3; Jer 28:10, Jer 28:12) proves that the symbolical act was in this instance (though not in others, Jer 25:15) actually done (compare Isa 20:2, &c.; Eze 12:3, Eze 12:11, Eze 12:18).

John Gill on Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the Lord to me, make thee bonds and yokes,.... The yokes were made of wood, as appears from Jeremiah 28:13; and the bonds were strings or thongs, which bound the yoke together, that it might not slip off the neck, on which it was put: and put them upon thy neck; not all of them together, but one after another, at different times; and this was very significant; for the prophet being seen abroad with a yoke upon his neck, it would be natural to inquire the meaning of it; when they would be told it was to signify the subjection of Judah, and so of other nations, to the king of Babylon; and that he did wear at times such a yoke, even fifteen years after, in the fourth of Zedekiah's r…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 2.) This is what the Lord says to me: Make for yourself chains and shackles. Or κλοιοὺς, which are called Mutoth () in Hebrew, and in the common language they are called Boias.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Neck — Used sometimes figuratively. To “lay down the neck” (Rom. 16:4) is to hazard one’s life. Threatenings of coming judgments are represented by the prophets by their laying bands upon the people’s necks…
Yoke — (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called ’ol. (2.) In Jer.…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Ammonites · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Edom · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Instruction · Bonds and yokes — Bonds and yokes
Prophets · Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people — Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people
Tyre · Inhabitants of: Superstitious — Inhabitants of: Superstitious

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 27:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 27:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 27:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 27:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 27:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 27:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 27:1-5

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 27:2-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 27:1-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 27:2