Yokes
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast
broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes
of iron....
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yok:
(1) The usual word is `ol (Gen 27:40, etc.), less commonly
the (apparently later) form moTah (Isa 58:6, etc.; in Nab
1:13 moT), which the Revised Version (British and American)
in Jer 27; 28 translates "bar" (a most needless and
obscuring change). The Greek in Apocrypha (Sirach 28:19,
etc.) and in the New Testament (Mt 11:29 f, etc.) is
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FIGURATIVE
Le 26:13; Isa 9:4; 10:27; Jer 2:20; 5:5; 28:2,4,10;
30:8;
La 1:14; 3:27; Mt 11:29,30; Ac 15:10...
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1. A well-known implement of husbandry, frequently used
metaphorically for subjection, e.g. 1Ki 12:4,9-11; Isa 9:4;
Jer 5:5 hence an "iron yoke" represents an unusually galling
bondage. De 28:48; Jer 28:13
2. A pair of oxen, so termed as being yoked together.
1Sa 11:7; 1Ki 19:19,21 The Hebrew term is also applied to
asses, Jud 19:10 and mules...
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(1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding
to
them the traces by which they might draw the plough,
etc. (Num.
19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood
called _'ol_.
(2.) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the
Authorized
Version rendered "yoke" is _motah_, which properly
means a
"staff," or as in the Revised Versio...
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mot, the wooden bow (ol) bound to the ox's neck: the two are
combined, "bands of the yoke" (Leviticus 26:13; Ezekiel 34:27;
Jeremiah 2:20, rather "thou hast broken the yoke and burst the
bands which I laid on thee," i.e. My laws, setting them at
defiance, Jeremiah 5:5; Psalm 2:3). Contrast the world's heavy
yoke (1 Kings 12:4; 1 Kings 12:9; 1 ...
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At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall
break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength
shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and
her daughters shall go into captivity....
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Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put
them upon thy neck,...
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Products of the carpenter. There are several products of the Eastern carpenter's skill. Many have wondered what JESUS as a carpenter made. There is an old tradition that has come down to us, that he was a maker of plows and yokes.
The yoke, and most of the plow, with the exception of the iron ploughshare, are constructed of wood, and so would be th...
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The yoke. The yoke is a rude stick that fits the necks of the cattle. Two straight sticks project down each side, and a cord at the end of these sticks and underneath the cattle's necks holds the yoke on the necks.
These yokes of wood are often spoken of in the Scriptures (Jeremiah 28:13, etc.).
[Manners And Customs of Bible Lands]...
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