Thematic Bible
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Yoke » Figurative
Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
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and the rod on their shoulders,
the staff of their oppressor,
just as You did on the day of Midian.
his burden will fall from your shoulders,
and his yoke from your neck.
The yoke will be broken because of fatness.
All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
while he is still young.
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.
The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
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I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to live in freedom.
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“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
“On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will break his yoke from your neck and tear off your chains so strangers will never again enslave him.
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נ NunMy transgressions have been formed into a yoke,
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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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.