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When Zedekiah, son of King Josiah of Judah, began to rule, the LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah.
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This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.
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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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Give them an order for their masters: "This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters,
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'I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
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Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.
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