Jeremiah 27 · Verse 2

Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
Jeremiah 27:2, King James Version

Jeremiah 27:2 in other translations

BSBThis is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
WEBthe LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
ASVThus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
YLT‘Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,
DARBYThus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;
BBEThis is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
WebsterThus saith the LORD to me; Make for thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

What does Jeremiah 27:2 mean?

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

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Make thee bonds and yokes - Probably yokes with straps, by which they were attached to the neck. This was a symbolical action, to show that the several kings mentioned below should be brought under the dominion of the Chaldeans.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 27:1-11

The neighbouring nations to be subdued. (Jr 27:1-11) Zedekiah is warned to yield. (Jr 27:12-18) The vessels of the temple to be carried to Babylon, but afterwards to be restored. (Jr 27:19-22) Verses 1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of the good things of…

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Jeremiah 27:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
עֲשֵׂ֣ה'a.SehmakeH6213
לְךָ֔le.Khafor <the> yourself
מוֹסֵר֖וֹתmo.se.RotfettersH4147
וּמֹט֑וֹתu.mo.Totand yoke-barsH4133
וּנְתַתָּ֖םu.ne.ta.Tamand you will put themH5414
עַל\־'al-onH5921
צַוָּארֶֽךָ\׃tza.va.Re.khaneck yourH6677

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Cross references for Jeremiah 27:2

  • 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, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

  • Ezekiel 24:3-12

    And 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: Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. …

  • 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. So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. …

  • Amos 7:4

    Thus 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.

  • Ezekiel 12:1-28

    The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying, Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. …

  • Jeremiah 18:2-10

    Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, …

  • 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 serve him and his people, and live.

  • Ezekiel 4:1-5

    Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. …

  • 1 Kings 11:30-31

    And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

  • 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; And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; …

  • Jeremiah 28:10-14

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it. And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. …

  • 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 thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
saith the Lord. or, hath the Lord said.
Am 7:1,4
Make.
12; 28:10-14
put.
13:1-11; 18:2-10; 19:1-11; 28:10; 1Ki 11:30,31; Isa 20:2-4
Eze 4:1-5:17; 12:1-28; 24:3-12

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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,

  • Jeremiah 27:2

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

  • Jeremiah 27:3

    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;

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Jeremiah 27:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová me ha dicho así: Hazte coyundas y yugos, y ponlos sobre tu cuello;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi me dit l’ Éternel: Fais-toi des liens et des jougs, et mets-les sur ton cou;
German
Elberfelder 1871
so sprach Jehova zu mir: Mache dir Bande und Jochstäbe, und lege sie um deinen Hals;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Fac tibi vincula et catenas, et pones eas in collo tuo,