JEREMIAH 27

JEREMIAH TELLS OF THE YOKE OF BABYLON

When confronting the kings of nearby nations, Jeremiah wears a yoke as a symbol of the oppression and lack of autonomy that will happen when they are captured by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians.

The false prophets lie to Judah, giving them dishonest ideas of what their future holds. They tell the people that the stolen temple artifacts will be returned to Judah and that the Babylonian exile will be short-lived. But God says otherwise, that the items will never be returned and that the exile will last seventy years.