Jeremiah 28:2
What does Jeremiah 28:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 28:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, theGod of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Context
v.1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
v.2This passage
v.3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 27:2
Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
- Ezekiel 13:5
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
- Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
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