Jeremiah 27:2 meaning and explanation

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Jeremiah 27:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah is speaking, and the LORD commands him to make a yoke of leather straps and wear it on his neck. A yoke is the wooden bar laid across an animal's shoulders to pull a plow or cart, so the prophet becomes a walking picture of submission.

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