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Jeremiah 27:1-28:17

Yokes of Wood and Iron

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Yokes of Wood and Iron

Jeremiah 27:1-28:17

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This song belongs to the Jeremiah collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book
Jeremiah
Collection
Jeremiah
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World Music
[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.

Named in this songJeremiah

About the passage

Jeremiah 27: The yoke that leaves a nation alive

Jeremiah 27 makes political submission visible by placing a yoke on the prophet's neck. The sign is carried into a diplomatic setting where envoys from neighboring kingdoms are to receive the same message given to Zedekiah: Babylon's rule has been appointed for a time, and resisting it will bring the sword, famine, pestilence, and greater displacement. The chapter's counsel is deliberately narrower than a general philosophy of empire. In this crisis, accepting the yoke can allow nations to remain on their land and live. Rival prophets promise escape, but their message produces the very exile it claims to prevent. Temple vessels become the final test. Prophets who announce their quick return are challenged to intercede for the objects still in Jerusalem, because those too are about to go to Babylon. Yet the chapter does not make their loss permanent. The vessels will remain there until God visits them and brings them back. Restoration is affirmed, but its timing cannot be shortened by a more attractive prophecy.

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Jeremiah 28: A broken yoke and an unbroken warning

Jeremiah 28 stages the clash between Jeremiah and Hananiah in the temple before priests and people. Hananiah speaks with the same divine title and offers a precise, attractive promise: within two years the temple vessels, Jeconiah, and the captives will return because Babylon's yoke has been broken. Jeremiah answers "Amen," showing that he can desire the outcome without accepting the prophecy as authentic. Fulfillment becomes the test for a message of peace. Hananiah then seizes the wooden yoke from Jeremiah's neck and breaks it in public, turning disagreement into spectacle. Jeremiah simply leaves until a later word comes to him. The answer does not repair the wooden prop. It replaces wood with iron and reasserts Babylon's appointed rule. Finally, Jeremiah announces a second timetable, much shorter than Hananiah's. Hananiah will die within the year, and the chapter records his death in the seventh month. The nearest dated prediction reaches fulfillment before the promised two-year restoration ever arrives.

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