¹⁰ Then Hananiah the prophet took the ^(A)yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.

² “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, ^(A)and put them on your neck,

The People Complain Harshly

²³ And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. ²⁴ Yet they were ^(A)not afraid, nor did they ^(B)tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

⁴ And I will bring back to this place ^[a]Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon,’ says the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”

² “Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken ^(A)the yoke of the king of Babylon.

²⁴ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and ^(A)struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, ^(B)“Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

²⁵ And Micaiah said, “Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an ^(C)inner chamber to hide!”

¹¹ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made ^(A)horns of iron for himself; and he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you shall ^(B)gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.’ ”