Lamentations 5:5
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- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
Nehemiah 9:36-37
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36 “Here (A)we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
37 And (B)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have (C)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.
Acts 15:10
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10 Now therefore, why do you test God (A)by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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Matthew 11:29
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29 Take My yoke upon you (A)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (B)lowly in heart, (C)and you will find rest for your souls.
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Lamentations 4:19
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19 Our pursuers were (A)swifter
Than the eagles of the heavens.
They pursued us on the mountains
And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Lamentations 1:14
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14 “The(A) yoke of my transgressions was [a]bound;
They were woven together by His hands,
And thrust upon my neck.
He made my strength fail;
The Lord delivered me into the hands of those whom I am not able to withstand.
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- Lamentations 1:14 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. watched over
Jeremiah 28:14
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14 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him. (B)I have given him the beasts of the field also.” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 27:11-12
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11 But the nations that bring their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let them remain in their own land,’ says the Lord, ‘and they shall till it and dwell in it.’ ” ’ ”
12 I also spoke to (A)Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live!
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Jeremiah 27:8
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8 And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the Lord, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
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Jeremiah 27:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, (A)and put them on your neck,
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Deuteronomy 28:65-66
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65 And (A)among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; (B)but there the Lord will give you a [a]trembling heart, failing eyes, and (C)anguish of soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life.
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- Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious
Deuteronomy 28:48
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48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in (A)hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He (B)will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.
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