NET Bible
"The LORD told me,“Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck."
— Jeremiah 27:2, NET Bible
“Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,”
“Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; ”
“Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;”
“Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.”
“This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;”
“Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,”
Jeremiah Counsels Submission to Babylon The LORD spoke to Jeremiah early in the reign of Josiah’s son, King Zedekiah of Judah.
The LORD told me,“Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says to give your masters this message.
“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.