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The Yoke of Babylon Will Be on Judah

27 When Zedekiah, son of King Josiah of Judah, began to rule, Yahweh spoke his word to Jeremiah.

This is what Yahweh said to me: Make leather straps and a wooden yoke,[a] and strap the yoke on your neck. Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:2 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.

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