Jeremiah 27 _Yoke Around the Neck

 

Jeremiah 27 – Yoke Around the Neck

 

Envoys from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon came to Jerusalem to confer with King Zedekiah and his officials about a military coalition against Babylon. Jeremiah wore a yoke around his neck symbolizing the need for submission to Babylon because the Lord had decreed Babylon’s sovereignty over the nations. Zedekiah went to Babylon in this same year, perhaps to report on his activities and the reasons for this conference.

 

Jeremiah challenged the false prophets to prove the validity of their message by interceding that the vessels remaining in the temple is not removed to Babylon (2 Kings 25:13-17).  If they accepted his yoke, they would live; if they rejected it, they would die.

 

God oversees yokes. The yoke He gives you is the right one for you, no matter who may put it on your shoulders. God can even use unsaved people to help you do His will. Accept every yoke as the yoke of God and He will transform it from bondage to blessing. Break the light yoke and the next yoke will be heavier. Everyone must wear a yoke.

 

The nation broke God’s yoke by her sins, (Jer. 2:20) and those sins became a heavy yoke. (Lam. 1:14). This led to the even heavier yoke of Babylonian captivity. But God promised to remove the heavy yoke and give His people a new beginning (Jer. 30:8-11). Your youth is the best time to learn to wear the yoke (Lam. 3:27). Let God “break you” and control you now, and the future will be bright. Jesus said, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light” Matt. 11:28-30.

 

 

 

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