Lyrics · Jeremiah
Yokes of Wood and Iron
Jeremiah 27:1-28:17
[Call]
Wood on the neck made the warning plain,
A prophet of ease stood smiling nearby,
Wood can be broken while truth remains,
[Response]
Bow for a season or multiply pain.
Two years, he promised, then broke wood for a sign.
Iron waits quietly beneath false claims.
[Verse 1]
I wish peace were coming, Jeremiah replied,
But a word must be proven on history’s side.
The crowd loved the crack and the lighter load,
[Call]
The true prophet turned and walked down the road.
Then iron replaced what performance had torn,
[Response]
A lie can feel gentle while judgment is born.
The seventh month counted what boasting denied,
[Final Chorus]
Wood can be broken while truth remains,
Iron waits quietly beneath false claims.
Wood fell in public; the false word died.

