Jeremiah 30:8
6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- KJV
- For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
- WEB
- It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds. Strangers will no more make them their bondservants;
- ASV
- And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;
- DARBY
- And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more reduce him to servitude.
- BLB
- And it will come to pass on that day, a declaration of YHWH of Hosts—[that] I will break his yoke from your neck, and your bonds I will burst, and no longer will strangers enslave him.
- ÅB
- Og det skal skje på den dag, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, da vil jeg bryte hans[^1] åk og ta det av din nakke, og dine bånd vil jeg rive i stykker, og fremmede skal ikke mere holde deg som slave.
- OTB
- ‘På den dagen,’ erklærer Herren, hærskarenes Gud, ‘vil jeg bryte åket fra deres nakker og rive av deres bånd; fremmede skal ikke lenger gjøre dem til slaver.
- B1930
- Og det skal skje på den dag, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, da vil jeg bryte hans åk og ta det av din nakke, og dine bånd vil jeg rive i stykker, og fremmede skal ikke mere holde dig i trældom. / < fiendens.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nahum 1:13
For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
Read in contextEzekiel 34:27
The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:10
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
Read in contextJeremiah 27:2
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:27
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
Read in contextJeremiah 27:7
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:25
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
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