“This is what יהוה said to me, ‘Make for yourselves bands and yokes. Then you shall put them on your neck,
Lamentations 5:5 - The Scriptures 2009 We have been pursued close onto our neck, We have laboured and had no rest. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our necks are under persecution: We labour, and have no rest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest. American Standard Version (1901) Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest. Common English Bible Our hunters have been at our necks; we are worn out, but have no rest. Catholic Public Domain Version We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We were dragged by the necks we were weary and no rest was given us. |
“This is what יהוה said to me, ‘Make for yourselves bands and yokes. Then you shall put them on your neck,
And it shall be, the nation and reign that do not serve Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar the sovereign of Baḇel, and the one that does not put its neck under the yoke of the sovereign of Baḇel, that nation I shall punish,’ declares יהוה, ‘with the sword, and the scarcity of food, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
For thus said יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, to serve Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar sovereign of Baḇel. And they shall serve him. And I have also given him the beasts of the field.” ’ ”
Thus said יהוה of hosts, “The broad walls of Baḇel are completely demolished, and her high gates are burned with fire, and peoples labour in vain, and the nations weary themselves for fire.”
“The yoke of my transgressions Has been bound by His hand, Woven together and thrust upon my neck. He has made my strength stumble, יהוה has given me into hands Which I am unable to withstand.
Yehuḏah has gone into exile, Because of affliction and because of harsh labour. She has dwelt among nations, She has found no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her Between narrow places.
Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They came hotly after us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, against this clan I am planning evil, from which you do not remove your necks, nor walk proudly, for this is a time of evil.
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your beings
Now then, why do you try Elohim by putting a yoke on the neck of the taught ones which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”
you shall serve your enemies whom יהוה sends against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.