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Jeremiah 28:2

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
שָׁבַ֞רְתִּיsha.Var.tiI will breakH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֹ֖ל'ol[the] yoke ofH5923 →
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelBabylonH894 →

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Jeremiah 28:4And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”Jeremiah 27:2–12This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.Ezekiel 13:5–16You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Ezekiel 13:6They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.Ezekiel 22:28Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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