The Yoke This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. Jeremiah 27:2 The Lord commands Jeremiah to make a yoke and bind it to his neck as a symbol for how the nations will be subservient to Babylon. If they resist, they will face the brunt of the Babylonian war machine. This image continues into the next chapter where the false prophet Hananiah takes it off Jeremiah’s neck and breaks it, declaring that God would lift the burden soon. Oh, how mistaken he would be! Yesterday was Independence Day […]