Jeremiah 27:1-22

27:1-5 | Envoys from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon came to Jerusalem in 593 BC 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 the same year (51:59), perhaps to report on his activities and the reasons for this conference.

27:18-21 | Jeremiah challenged the false prophets to prove the validity of their message by interceding that the vessels remaining in the temple not be removed to Babylon (2 Kgs. 25:13-17).