Jeremiah 27:2

New International Reader's Version

The Lord said, “Make a yoke out of ropes and wooden boards. Put it on your neck.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

Zedekiah was the son of Kenaanah. Zedekiah had made horns out of iron. They looked like animal horns. He announced, “The Lord says, ‘With these horns you will drive back the men of Aram until they are destroyed.’ ”

Jeremiah 25:21

Edom, Moab, Ammon

Jeremiah 27:11

But suppose any nation will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon. And suppose it serves him. Then I will let that nation remain in its own land. I will let its people plow the land and live there,” ’ ” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 27:12

I gave the same message to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. I said, “Put your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon. Obey him. Serve his people. Then you will live.

Jeremiah 30:8

“ ‘At that time I will break the yoke off their necks,’ announces the Lord who rules over all. ‘I will tear off the ropes that hold them. People from other lands will not make them slaves anymore.

Ezekiel 30:18

I will break Egypt’s power over other lands. That will be a dark day for Tahpanhes. There the strength Egypt was so proud of will come to an end. Egypt will be covered with clouds. The people in its villages will be taken away as prisoners.

Ezekiel 7:23

“ ‘Ezekiel, get ready to put my people in chains. The land is full of murderers. They are harming one another all over Jerusalem.

Amos 7:1

The Lord and King gave me a vision. He was bringing large numbers of locusts on the land. The king’s share had already been harvested. Now the later crops were coming up.

Amos 7:4

The Lord and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up.