And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I {\i will chastise you} with scorpions.\par
Jeremiah 28:13 - American Standard Version 2015 Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go, tell Hananiah, Thus says the Lord: You have broken yoke bars of wood, but you have made in their stead bars of iron. American Standard Version (1901) Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron. Common English Bible Go, say to Hananiah, The LORD proclaims: You have broken a wooden yoke, but I will replace it with an iron one. Catholic Public Domain Version "Go, and you shall say to Hananiah: Thus says the Lord: You have broken chains of wood, and so you will make for them chains of iron. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go, and tell Hananias: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast broken chains of wood, and thou shalt make for them chains of iron. |
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I {\i will chastise you} with scorpions.\par
For he hath broken the gates of brass,\par\tab And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
To bind their kings with chains,\par\tab And their nobles with fetters of iron;
I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.\par
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand;\par\tab They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail:\par\tab The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions;\par\tab And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity,\par\tab But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.