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It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;
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God is the Liberator
The central message is a powerful promise of hope. Commentators highlight that God Himself declares He will break the yoke of oppression from His people. This promise, following a description of great trouble, serves as the foundation for hope, reminding believers that God is the 'great Emancipator' (Spurgeon) who will ultimately deliver them from bondage.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Bonds - See Jeremiah 27:2 note.
Shall no more serve themselves - i.e., shall no longer exact forced labor fro…
19th Century
Anglican
For it shall come to pass in that day ... —Better, And it shall come. Herein lies the basis of the hope expresse…
Baptist
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 str…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah proceeds with what he touched upon in the last verse, namely, that the Lord, after having chastised His people, would eventually show merc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts
When the time is come for Jacob to be saved out of …
Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are those that the Holy Spirit teaches. These are the words God ordered to be writt…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he describes the stages of the liberation.
First, he promises them liberation from bondage to the enemy; second, from the gre…
