Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 27:2 - 27:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 27:2 - 27:2


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bonds - by which the yoke is made fast to the neck (Jer 5:5).

yokes - literally, the carved piece of wood attached at both ends to the two yokes on the necks of a pair of oxen, so as to connect them. Here the yoke itself. The plural is used, as he was to wear one himself, and give the others to the ambassadors; (Jer 27:3; Jer 28:10, Jer 28:12) proves that the symbolical act was in this instance (though not in others, Jer 25:15) actually done (compare Isa 20:2, etc.; Eze 12:3, Eze 12:11, Eze 12:18).