Jeremiah 27:2

Bonds and yokes. The acting out of such symbolic predictions as this (see Isa. 20:2; Jer. 18; 19; Eze. 12:5-7; Acts 21:11) was to impress forcefully upon the people what the future held for them, and to arouse them, if possible, to a sense of their spiritual lack. Appearing as he did, as though he were a captive slave in bonds or a beast of burden under the yoke, Jeremiah would capture the attention of all as words alone could not. The nations involved in this conspiracy, especially Zedekiah, were to be left without any excuse for thinking that their plans had any prospect of success.