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Jeremiah 27:1–2

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The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

27In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah1 the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord. 2Thus the Lord said to me: c“Make yourself straps and dyoke-bars, and put them on your neck.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or Jehoiakim

Cross references

  1. c[1 Kgs. 22:11; Ezek. 7:23]
  2. dch. 28:10, 12, 13; See Lev. 26:13

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: This is what the Lord said to me: “Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.

NLTNew Living Translation

This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah.

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying— thus said Yahweh to me—“Make for yourself fetters and yokes and put them on your neck,

KJV 1900King James Version

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,