¹⁰ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.

² This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;

¹¹ And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

²⁴ Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

²⁵ And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

² These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: By me the yoke of the king of Babylon has been broken.

⁴ And I will let Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, come back to this place, with all the prisoners of Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord: for I will have the yoke of the king of Babylon broken.

²³ And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

²⁴ But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

¹³ Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?