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Judah's people will serve King Nebuchadnezzar

27 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Josiah's son Zedekiah became king of Judah. The Lord said to me, ‘Use wood and leather to make a yoke. Tie the yoke around your neck.[a] Then send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon. Those kings have officers who have come to see King Zedekiah of Judah here in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:2 A yoke means hard work. A farmer put a yoke around the necks of his oxen when he wanted them to pull a plough.