Jeremiah 27:2
27:2 The
Lord told me,
“Make a yoke
out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
Jeremiah 28:10-14
28:10 The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.
28:11 Then he spoke up in the presence of all the people. “The Lord says, ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of servitude of all the nations to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon before two years are over.’” After he heard this, the prophet Jeremiah departed and went on his way.
28:12 But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.
28:13 “Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, ‘You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!
28:14 For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’”
Zechariah 1:18-21
Vision Two: The Four Horns
1:18 (2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.
1:19 So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
1:20 Next the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.
1:21 I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”
Acts 19:13-16
19:13 But some itinerant
Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name
of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by
evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn
you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named
Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)
19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them,
“I know about Jesus
and I am acquainted with
Paul, but who are you?”
19:16 Then the man who was possessed by
the evil spirit jumped on
them and beat them all into submission.
He prevailed
against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
Acts 19:2
19:2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
They replied,
“No, we have not even
heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
Colossians 1:13-15
1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
1:14 in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.
The Supremacy of Christ
1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 3:8
3:8 But now, put off all such things
as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.