Symbol of the Bonds and Yokes

     In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, "Thus says the Lord to me: 'Make for yourselves bonds and yokes,  and put them on your neck, and send them to the king od Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah......