Jeremiah 28:14
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
KJV
Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Jugum ferreum posui super collum cunctarum gentium istarum, ut serviant Nabuchodonosor regi Babylonis, et servient ei : insuper et bestias terræ dedi ei.
Vulgate
ὅτι ὤμοσεν Κύριος κατὰ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ διότι Πληρώσω σε ἀνθρώπων ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδων, καὶ φθέγξονται ἐπὶ σὲ οἱ καταβαίνοντες.
LXX
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
ASV
כִּ֣י כֹֽה אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עֹ֣ל בַּרְזֶ֡ל נָתַ֜תִּי עַל צַוַּ֣אר כָּל הַ/גּוֹיִ֣ם הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה לַ/עֲבֹ֛ד אֶת נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וַ/עֲבָדֻ֑/הוּ וְ/גַ֛ם אֶת חַיַּ֥ת הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה נָתַ֥תִּי לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD 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, u
- Jer 27:6 — And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
- Jer 27:6 — And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
- Lam 1:14 — The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able
- Lam 5:5 — Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.