“Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,”
The instruction to create tangible wooden yoke-bars moves prophecy from abstract speech into embodied symbolism that the community cannot ignore or dismiss easily. By wearing and displaying the yoke, Jeremiah performs his message, making his body the text through which God communicates with kings and peoples. This performative dimension reflects ancient Near Eastern prophetic practice where symbolic actions conveyed non-negotiable divine directives with visceral immediacy.
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