1. In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2. The Lord said to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your shoulders.
3. Send them to the kings of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyre, and Sidon, through the ambassadors who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah, king of Judah,
4. and command them to tell their lords: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall you say to your lords: