Jeremiah 27:12

Jeremiah Uses Fetters And Yokes To Illustrate His Message Of Submission

¹¹ But the nation that bringeth its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serveth him, will I let remain still in its own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. ¹² And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. ¹³ Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

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Jeremiah 28:1

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 38:17

And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.

2 Chronicles 36:11-13

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.

Jeremiah 27:2-3

Thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck;

Jeremiah 27:8

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Ezekiel 17:11-21

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,