Jeremiah 28:2

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““This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

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BSBPD

““This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 28:2 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:13I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
  2. Jeremiah 27:2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
  3. Ezekiel 13:5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  4. Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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