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Jeremiah 28:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Yoke;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   The Topic Concordance - Prophecy and Prophets;   Sending and Those Sent;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Amen (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Yoke;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hananiah;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

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.
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.
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.
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 In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord , in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, 2 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord 's house, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. 4 I will also bring back to this place King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord , for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon." 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord ; 6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord , and all the exiles. 7 But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. 8 The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet."

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
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all kinds of choice gifts from his master; and he set out and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:29
Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing comes from the Lord ; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good.
Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:5
Thus Isaac sent Jacob away; and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 28:15
Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of the east.
Genesis 31:18
and he drove away all his livestock, all the property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

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.


 
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