Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"I have broken your yoke"
Text: Jeremiah 2:20
A TERRIBLE YOKE
There were many times when Israel was under heavy yokes and bonds. The following may be cited:
1. In Egypt (Exodus)
2. In the days of the Judges (Judges)
God had mercifully delivered Israel from cruel taskmasters! But Israel had not reciprocated appropriately!
“For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When on every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, playing the harlot.”
Jeremiah 2:20
1. “For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds”
a) “For of old”
i) A general reference to the past.
ii) No specific period of time was in mind.
b) “I have broken your yoke”
i) There was the Egyptian yoke.
ii) The Philistines put a heavy yoke on Israel too.
iii) But God stepped in and He broke the yoke placed on Israel.
c) “And burst your bonds”
i) There were other oppressors.
ii) Midian was another dreaded enemy who confined Israel with bonds.
iii) Again, God came into the picture and the bonds of the enemies were broken and taken away.
2. The appropriate response should have at least been:
a) Gratitude
b) Faithfulness
But this was not the case!