Jeremiah 28:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 28:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 28:14 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 28:14 — NIV
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 28:14
“in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.”
Shares the image of an iron yoke as a symbol of servitude and oppression.
“But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and submit to him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the LORD.”
Shares the context of submitting to the yoke of Babylon.
“For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.”
Shares the imagery of a yoke as a burden, contrasting it with liberation.
“"...Within two years I will bring back to this place all the articles of the LORD’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from here and carried off to Babylon."”
Contextually related, as it presents Hananiah's false prophecy of a quick end to Babylonian rule.
“Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?”
The 'yoke' refers to a burden that is difficult to bear, and this verse speaks of a similar burden of religious obligations.
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