Nehemiah 11:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

Nehemiah 11:28 in Context — Nehemiah 11

²⁶ Y en Jesuá, Moladah, y en Beth-pelet;

²⁷ Y en Hasar-sual, y en Beer-seba, y en sus aldeas;

²⁸ Y en Siclag, y en Mechôna, y en sus aldeas;

²⁹ Y en En-rimmón, y en Soreah y en Jarmuth;

³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam, y en sus aldeas; en Lachîs y sus tierras, Azeca y sus aldeas. Y habitaron desde Beer-seba hasta el valle de Hinnom.

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What Does Nehemiah 11:28 Mean?

Matthew 11:28-30 — 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light' — is Jesus's most personal and universal invitation in all the Gospels. The audience is those who are 'weary and burdened' — a description that spans the exhausted religious moralist, the burned-out achiever, the grieving widow, the anxious student, and every other form of human exhaustion. The promise is 'rest' — not escape from responsibility but the deep soul-rest that comes from being in relationship with Jesus rather than performing for God. The metaphor of the yoke was common in Jewish teaching: a rabbi's 'yoke' was his interpretation of Torah, his school of thought. Jesus invites his disciples to take HIS yoke — his teaching, his interpretation, his way of living — and he describes it as easy and light. This is not a promise that following Jesus is easy. It is a promise that his way of grace is infinitely lighter than the burden of religious self-justification or anxious self-improvement that the religious leaders laid on people.

Nehemiah 11:28 is from the Book of Nehemiah (Old Testament), chapter 11. Available translations: King James Version (1611), World English Bible (2000), American Standard Version (1901), Young's Literal Translation (1862), Darby Translation (1890), Geneva Bible (1599). Read Nehemiah 11 in full context →