Jeremias 27:2
Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæc dicit Dominus ad me : Fac tibi vincula et catenas, et pones eas in collo tuo,
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 34:1
- Οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος Ποίησον δεσμοὺς καὶ κλοιούς, καὶ περίθου περὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל צַוָּארֶֽךָ
Haydock's commentary
Chains. Hebrew, "a yoke and pole," (Calmet) or piece of wood for the necks of slaves. (St. Jerome)
Thus would the servitude of these nations be clearly represented. (Haydock)
Bands and chains were proper signs, as they were used to bind captives. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.