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Genesis 27:40 עֻלּ֖וֹ yoke his

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Here: 'His yoke': the wooden crossbar on a draft animal's neck, a stock image for political subjection to an overlord. The yoke is Jacob's, so Israel's rule over Edom is pictured as harnessing.

Leviticus 26:13 עֻלְּכֶ֔ם yoke your

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

Here: The yoke of a draft animal, and a common ancient image for subjection to a ruling power. 'Your' yoke: the burden Egypt laid on Israel's neck.

Numbers 19:2 עֹֽל׃ a yoke

“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

Here: The wooden crossbar for work animals. She must never have been put to ordinary labour, so she is kept wholly for this sacred use.

Deuteronomy 21:3 בְּעֹֽל׃ by a yoke

Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

Deuteronomy 28:48 עֹ֤ל a yoke of

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Here: The wooden crossbar laid on a draught animal's neck. It is the standard ancient picture of political subjugation to an overlord.

1 Samuel 6:7 עֹ֑ל a yoke

Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

1 Kings 12:4 עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ yoke our, and some of yoke his

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:9 הָעֹ֔ל the yoke

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:10 עֻלֵּ֔נוּ yoke our

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:11 עֹ֣ל עֻלְּכֶ֑ם a yoke, yoke your

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:14 עֻלְּכֶ֔ם עֻלְּכֶ֑ם yoke your

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

2 Chronicles 10:4 עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ yoke our, and some of yoke his

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 10:9 הָעֹ֔ל the yoke

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:10 עֻלֵּ֔נוּ yoke our

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Chronicles 10:11 עֹ֣ל עֻלְּכֶ֑ם a yoke, yoke your

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

2 Chronicles 10:14 עֻלְּכֶ֔ם yoke your

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Isaiah 9:4 עֹ֣ל [the] yoke of

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.

Here: The wooden yoke laid on a draft animal's neck. It was a standard picture of political subjection, used both in the Bible and in Assyrian royal boasts about the peoples they conquered.

Isaiah 10:27 וְעֻלּ֖וֹ עֹ֖ל and yoke its, [the] yoke

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.

Here: The wooden yoke laid on a draft animal's neck. In this period it was also the standard picture for a subject nation's servitude to an overlord. 'His' again refers to Assyria.

Isaiah 14:25 עֻלּ֔וֹ yoke its

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.”

Here: "His yoke": the wooden bar laid on a draft animal's neck. It was a standard ancient image of political subjection, tribute and forced service.

Isaiah 47:6 עֻלֵּ֖ךְ yoke your

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

Here: 'Your yoke.' The yoke is the standard ancient picture of subjugation, forced labor and tribute. Calling it 'your' yoke makes it Babylon's own cruelty, not God's assignment.

Jeremiah 2:20 עֻלֵּ֗ךְ yoke your

“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.

Here: 'Your yoke': the wooden crossbar that harnesses a draft animal to work. In the ancient Near East it was a standard image for serving an overlord, here the LORD's covenant rule.

Jeremiah 5:5 עֹ֔ל a yoke

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Here: The wooden crossbar laid on a draft animal's neck so it could pull a plough. Here it pictures the service Israel owed YHWH as its covenant Lord.

Jeremiah 27:8 בְּעֹ֖ל in [the] yoke of

As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

Jeremiah 27:11 בְּעֹ֥ל in [the] yoke of

But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 27:12 בְּעֹ֣ל in [the] yoke of

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 28:2 עֹ֖ל [the] yoke of

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 28:4 עֹ֖ל [the] yoke of

And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

Jeremiah 28:11 עֹ֣ל׀ [the] yoke of

And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

Jeremiah 28:14 עֹ֣ל a yoke of

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”

Jeremiah 30:8 עֻלּוֹ֙ yoke his

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.

Here: 'His yoke'. The crossbar of a work animal, standing for foreign rule. 'His' most naturally means the oppressor's (Babylon's king, as in chs. 27–28).

Lamentations 1:14 עֹ֨ל [the] yoke of

My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

Here: The wooden bar laid across a draft animal's neck. It was also the standard picture for a conquered vassal's submission to an overlord. Here the yoke is 'of my rebellions': the sins are what the yoke is made of.

Lamentations 3:27 עֹ֖ל a yoke

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

Here: The wooden crossbar put on the neck of a draught ox. In Israel's speech it stood for being under another's control: servitude, foreign rule, or discipline. Verse 28 says who put this yoke on: 'he has laid it upon him', meaning the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:27 עֻלָּ֔ם yoke their

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.

Here: The beast's yoke, and the standard ancient picture of forced submission to a foreign master.

Hosea 11:4 עֹ֖ל <of> a yoke

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

Here: The wooden crossbar laid on a working animal's neck. With different vowels the same consonants spell ʿûl, 'suckling infant', and that reading has strong modern support.