Bible Strands
Jeremiah 30:8
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts addresses Jacob (Israel) within a prophetic oracle marking a future moment of national distress followed by deliverance. This declaration immediately follows a warning of unprecedented tribulation and precedes a promise of restored servitude to God and a Davidic king.
The words — The text highlights אֶשּׁבֹר ('esh.Bor), meaning "I will break," and עֻלּוֹ (u.Lo), meaning "his yoke." These terms describe the active removal of foreign domination and forced labor.
The thread — This imagery of breaking a yoke recurs in Nahum 1:13 and Isaiah 9:4, where divine intervention shatters oppressive burdens. The motif of liberation from foreign bondage transitions directly into the covenant restoration described in Jeremiah 30:9.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that deliverance originates solely from divine action rather than human effort. It calls the reader to anticipate a future reality where foreign subjugation ends and covenant loyalty is restored.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Nahum 1:13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Ezekiel 34:27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
- Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Jeremiah 27:2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
- Jeremiah 28:10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
- Isaiah 10:27 On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
- Isaiah 14:25 I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Jeremiah 2:20 “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
- Jeremiah 25:14 For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
- Jeremiah 27:7 All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.