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:
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Gill's Exposition
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 his trouble:
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck; not the yoke of the…
Barnes' Notes
Bonds - See Jer 27:2 note. Shall no more serve themselves - i. e., shall no more exact forced labor of him Jer 22:13.
Here, I. Jeremiah is directed to write what God had spoken to him, which perhaps refers to all the foregoing prophecies. He must write them and publish them, in hopes that those who had not profited…
Cambridge Bible
thy neck … thy bands rather (with LXX) the 3rd person in both cases. It is a description of Israel's future deliverance, not an address to him. Dr. suggests that the scribe who substituted "thy" may…
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