1 It was the start of King Zedekiah’s rule in Judah. God spoke to Jeremiah. ⏰ 2 God told Jeremiah to make a wood bar with straps and put it on his neck, like a yoke. 3 God said to send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon by the men who came to King Zedekiah. ✉️ 4 God said, “Tell their kings this: This is what God says.” ️⚡ 5 God says He made the earth, the people, and the animals. He can give land to anyone. 6 God says He gives these lands to the king of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar. Even the animals will help him. ️️ 7 Many lands will serve that king, his son, and his son’s son. Later, other lands will make them serve. ⛓️ 8 If a land will not serve the king of Babylon, God will send war, no food, and sickness. It will be very bad. ⚔️ 9 Do not listen to your prophets or magic men or dream men who say, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.” They lie. ️❌ 10 They tell lies. If you listen, you will be taken far away, and you will die. ♂️➡️ 11 But if a land lets the king of Babylon rule, the people can stay home and farm. They will live. 12 Jeremiah told King Zedekiah and his people, “Let the king of Babylon rule. Then you will live.” ➡️ 13 Why pick war, no food, and sickness? God said that will come if you fight. ❓⚔️ 14 Do not listen to prophets who say, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.” They lie. ️❌ 15 God says, “I did not send them. They use My name, but they lie. If you listen, you and they will die.” 16 Jeremiah told the priests and the people, “Do not listen when prophets say, ‘The things from God’s house will come back soon from Babylon.’ That is a lie.” ⛪️❌ 17 Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live. Do not let this city turn into a broken city. ️ 18 If they are real prophets, tell them to pray to God to keep the things from God’s house here, not to go to Babylon. ⛪➡️❌️ 19 God says this about the big pillars, the big bowl, the stands, and the other things still in this city. ️ 20 The king of Babylon did not take these when he took King Jeconiah and the leaders from Jerusalem to Babylon. ♂️➡️️ 21 God says again about the things still in God’s house, the king’s house, and in Jerusalem. ⛪️ 22 They will go to Babylon. They will stay there until God comes to help. Then God will bring them back here. ➡️️⏳