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Jeremiah 27:2
the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
Jeremiah 27:2 · World English Bible
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Jeremiah 27:2 in other translations
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
"Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
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In context
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
3 Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “You shall tell your masters:
5 ‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.
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