1 When Zedekiah, son of King Josiah of Judah, began to rule, the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah.
2 This is what the Lord said to me: Make ⌊leather⌋ straps and a wooden yoke, and strap the yoke on your neck.
3 Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.
4 Give them an order for their masters: “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters,
5 ‘I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
6 Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.
7 All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.