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For in that day,”
    says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
“I will break the yoke from their necks
    and snap their chains.
Foreigners will no longer be their masters.

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“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(A) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(B)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(C)

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27 The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord.

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27 The trees will yield their fruit(A) and the ground will yield its crops;(B) the people will be secure(C) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(D) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(E)

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13 Now I will break the yoke of bondage from your neck
    and tear off the chains of Assyrian oppression.”

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13 Now I will break their yoke(A) from your neck
    and tear your shackles away.”(B)

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This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke, and fasten it on your neck with leather straps.

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This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke(A) out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.

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For you will break the yoke of their slavery
    and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor’s rod,
    just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.

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For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(A)
    you have shattered(B)
the yoke(C) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(D)
    the rod of their oppressor.(E)

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10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces.

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10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke(A) off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it,

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13 “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron.

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13 “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron.

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All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.

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All nations will serve(A) him and his son and his grandson until the time(B) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(C) him.

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14 Many nations and great kings will enslave the Babylonians, just as they enslaved my people. I will punish them in proportion to the suffering they cause my people.”

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14 They themselves will be enslaved(A) by many nations(B) and great kings; I will repay(C) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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20 “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
    and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
    ‘I will not serve you.’
On every hill and under every green tree,
    you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.

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20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(A)
    and tore off your bonds;(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(C)
Indeed, on every high hill(D)
    and under every spreading tree(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(F)

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25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
    I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
    nor bow down under their heavy loads.

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25 I will crush the Assyrian(A) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(B) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(C)

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27 In that day the Lord will end the bondage of his people.
    He will break the yoke of slavery
    and lift it from their shoulders.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:27 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads The yoke will be broken, / for you have grown so fat.

27 In that day(A) their burden(B) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(C) from your neck;(D)
the yoke(E) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

And I will bring back Jehoiachin[a] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the other captives that were taken to Babylon. I will surely break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on your necks. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”

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Footnotes

  1. 28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.

I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”(B)

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  1. Jeremiah 28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin