Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 35:12
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“[Daniel 7:1] "In the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, Daniel beheld a dream. And a vision of his head upon his bed. And when he wrote the dream down, he comprehended it in a few words and gave a brief summary of it, saying..." This section which we now undertake to explain, and also the subsequent section wh…”
Source: Septuagint
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12And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah had broken the yokes off his neck, saying,
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10Then Hananiah took the yokes from the neck of Jeremiah in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces.
11And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Thus will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremiah went his way.
— Jeremiah 35:12 —
13Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but I will make instead of them yokes of iron.
14For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon.