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In the beginning of the reign of ^(F1)(C1)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying—

this is what the LORD has said to me: "Make for yourself ^(C1)restraints and ^(C2)yokes and put them on your neck,

and send ^(F1)word to the king of ^(C1)Edom, the king of ^(C1)Moab, the king of the sons of ^(C1)Ammon, the king of ^(C1)Tyre, and to the king of ^(C1)Sidon ^(F2)by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

"Order them to go to their masters, saying, 'This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "This is what you shall say to your masters:

'^(C1)I have made the earth, mankind, and the animals which are on the face of the earth ^(C2)by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will ^(C3)give it to the one who is ^(F1)pleasing in My sight.

'And now I ^(C1)have handed all these lands over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(C2)My servant, and I have also given him the ^(C3)animals of the field to serve him.

'^(C1)All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson ^(C2)until the time of his own land comes; then ^(C3)many nations and great kings will ^(F1)make him their servant.

'And it will be that the nation or the kingdom which ^(C1)will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the ^(C2)sword, with famine, and with plague,' declares the LORD, 'until I have eliminated ^(F1)it by his hand.