is a chapter in the Bible that contains a message from God to the prophet Jeremiah. In this chapter, God instructs Jeremiah to make yokes and put them on his neck as a symbolic act to represent the submission of the surrounding nations to Babylonian rule. The yokes signify the yoke of servitude that these nations would bear under the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.
God commands Jeremiah to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, as well as to the messengers who had come to Jerusalem. The message is to warn them of the impending judgment and to urge them to submit to the Babylonian king to avoid destruction and captivity.
Jeremiah warns these nations that if they refuse to submit to Babylon, they will face severe consequences, including warfare, destruction, and exile. He emphasizes that God has given all these nations into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, and they must recognize his authority.
The chapter concludes with Jeremiah advising the priests and people in Jerusalem to follow the same message of submission to Babylon. He warns them not to listen to false prophets who claim that the vessels of the Lord’s house will soon be brought back from Babylon. Instead, he tells them that the exile will last for seventy years, and they should settle down and seek the peace and prosperity of the city where they have been sent.