Jeremiah 27:2

2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.

Jeremiah 27:2 in Other Translations

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

2 Thus the Lord said to me: “Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.

2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.

2 "Make a harness and a yoke and then harness yourself up.

2 Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

2 This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.

2 "This is what the Lord said to me: Make fetters and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.

2 The LORD said, "Make a yoke out of ropes and wooden boards. Put it on your neck.

Jeremiah 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

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 reign, appears from ( Jeremiah 28:1 Jeremiah 28:10 ) .

Jeremiah 27:2 In-Context

1 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.

3 Then 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.

4 Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters:

5 With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:13; S 1 Kings 22:11; Jeremiah 28:10,13