Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 27:12

2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.

8 “ ‘ “If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.

12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.