40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,[a]
you will break his yoke from your neck.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:40 Hb obscure

48 you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke(A) on your neck until he has destroyed you.

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Hananiah Breaks Jeremiah’s Yoke

10 The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it.(A)

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On that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—
I will break his yoke from your neck(A)
and tear off your chains,(B)
and strangers will never again enslave him.(C)

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נ Nun

14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,[a][b](A)
fastened together by his hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
  2. 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure

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