Jeremiah 27:2

2 This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.

Jeremiah 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the Lord to me, make thee bonds and yokes
The yokes were made of wood, as appears from ( Jeremiah 28:13 ) ; and the bonds were strings or thongs, which bound the yoke together, that it might not slip off the neck, on which it was put: and put them upon thy neck;
not all of them together, but one after another, at different times; and this was very significant; for the prophet being seen abroad with a yoke upon his neck, it would be natural to inquire the meaning of it; when they would be told it was to signify the subjection of Judah, and so of other nations, to the king of Babylon; and that he did wear at times such a yoke, even fifteen years after, in the fourth of Zedekiah's reign, appears from ( Jeremiah 28:1 Jeremiah 28:10 ) .

Jeremiah 27:2 In-Context

1 When Zedekiah, son of King Josiah of Judah, began to rule, the LORD spoke his word to Jeremiah.

2 This is what the LORD said to me: Make [leather] straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.

3 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.

4 Give them an order for their masters: "This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters,

5 '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.