Jeremiah 28:2

Bible in Basic English

These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Hebrew Names Version
Thus speaks the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Bavel.

King James Version
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

New American Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

New Century Version
"The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke the king of Babylon has put on Judah.

Amplified Bible
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

World English Bible
Thus speaks Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, saying, I haue broken the yoke of the King of Babel.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Contemporary English Version
he told me that the Lord had said: I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I will smash the yoke that Nebuchadnezzar put on the necks of the nations to make them his slaves.

Complete Jewish Bible
"This is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Bavel.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: ‘I will break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on the people of Judah.

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Good News Translation
that the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, had said: "I have broken the power of the king of Babylonia.

Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Literal Translation
So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: I haue broke the yock of the kinge of Babilon,

American Standard Version
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

King James Version (1611)
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, saying; I haue broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: I haue broken the yoke of the kyng of Babylon,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about her in the day of her affliction.

English Revised Version
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`and seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Y haue al to-broke the yok of the kyng of Babiloyne.

Update Bible Version
Thus speaks Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

New English Translation
"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.

New King James Version
"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: "I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

New Living Translation
"This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.

New Life Bible
"This is what the Lord of All, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the crossbar across the shoulders of the king of Babylon.

New Revised Standard
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus speaketh Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel saying, - I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation
`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Contextual Overview

¹ And it came about in that year, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah, the son of Azzur the prophet, who came from Gibeon, said to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, before the priests and all the people, ² These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken. ³ In the space of two years I will send back into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took away from this place to Babylon: ⁴ And I will let Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, come back to this place, with all the prisoners of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord: for I will have the yoke of the king of Babylon broken. ⁵ Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, before the priests and all the people who had come into the house of the Lord, ⁶ The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place. ⁷ But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people: ⁸ The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease. ⁹ The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I: Jeremiah 27:2-12, Ezekiel 13:5-16, Micah 3:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:5 - God 1 Samuel 18:10 - and he prophesied 1 Kings 22:11 - Thus saith 2 Chronicles 18:10 - Thus Proverbs 27:14 - He that Jeremiah 14:13 - behold Jeremiah 28:4 - I will break Jeremiah 28:10 - took Jeremiah 28:11 - Even Ezekiel 13:6 - saying Ezekiel 22:28 - Thus saith the Lord Micah 2:11 - a man

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

Genesis 24:29
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.

Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

Genesis 31:18
And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 32:10
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... Using the language of the true prophets, and describing the Lord just in the same manner they do, when coming from him, and speaking in his name: a bold and daring action, when he knew the Lord had not sent him, nor had said any such thing to him: he next relates with all assurance,

saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon; which he had put upon the neck of the king of Judah; signifying that he should be no more subject to him; that is, he had determined to do it, and would do it, in a very short time.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 28:2. Thus speaketh the Lord — What awful impudence! when he knew in his conscience that God had given him no such commission.