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The Yoke of Babylon

27 Early in the reign of Zedekiah[a] son of Josiah, king of Judah, this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord.

This is what the Lord said to me.

Make a yoke and straps and put them on your neck. Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyre, and Sidon, through the messengers who came to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:1 The Hebrew reads Jehoiakim. The translation follows an alternate Hebrew reading. See also verse 3 and 28:1.