Jeremiah 27:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

The Sign of the Yoke

27 In the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah^[a] son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord. ² Thus the Lord said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck. ³ Send word^[b] to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.