Jeremiah 27:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.”
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“This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 27:2 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
- 1 Kings 22:11Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
- Isaiah 20:2the 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.
- Jeremiah 13:1This 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.”
- Jeremiah 18:2“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
- Jeremiah 19:1This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
- Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Jeremiah 27:12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
- Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
- Jeremiah 28:12But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 12:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, 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.
- Ezekiel 24:3Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
- Amos 7:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
- Amos 7:4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).