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The Power of a Sign-Act
Commentators explain that God commanded Jeremiah to wear a yoke as a 'vivid symbolic prediction.' This dramatic, visual act was far more impactful than words alone, serving as a living sermon. Scholars like Ellicott compare it to other prophetic sign-acts, noting that what the eye sees can stir the soul more deeply than what the ear only hears. The strange sight was designed to provoke questions and drive home the reality of coming subjugation.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 27:2
18th Century
Theologian
Yokes - Two curved pieces of wood, the one put over the neck of the ox, the other under it, and then fastened together by bonds or cords ().…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 27:2
19th Century
Bishop
Make thee bonds and yokes. —This method of vivid symbolic prediction had a precedent in the conduct of Isaiah when he wal…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 27:1–5
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 27:2
17th Century
Pastor
Thus says the Lord to me, make you bonds and yokes The yokes were made of wood, as appears from ([Reference Jeremiah 28:1…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 27:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of…