"Goand speakto Hananiah,saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"You have brokenthe yokesof wood,but you have madeinsteadof them yokesof iron."
Whereasmy fatherloadedyou with a heavyyoke,I will addto your yoke;my fatherdisciplinedyou with whips,but I [will discipline you] with scorpions.'"
For He has shatteredgatesof bronzeAnd cutbarsof ironasunder.
To bindtheir kingswith chainsAnd their nobleswith fettersof iron,
"I will gobeforeyou and makethe roughplacessmooth;I will shatterthe doorsof bronzeand cutthroughtheir ironbars.
for I have not sentthem," declaresthe LORD,"but they prophesyfalselyin My name,in orderthat I may driveyou out and that you may perish,you and the prophetswho prophesyto you."
thussaysthe LORDto me-- "Makefor yourself bondsand yokesand putthem on your neck,
"The yokeof my transgressionsis bound;By His handthey are knittogether.They have comeupon my neck;He has made my strengthfail.The Lordhas givenme into the handsOf [those against whom] I am not ableto stand.
Your prophetshave seenfor you false and foolish[visions]; And they have not exposedyour iniquitySo as to restoreyou from captivity,But they have seenfor you false and misleadingoracles.
"In Tehaphnehesthe daywill be darkWhen I breaktherethe yokebarsof Egypt.Then the prideof her powerwill ceasein her; A cloudwill coverher, And her daughterswill gointo captivity.
therefore you shall serveyour enemieswhomthe LORDwill sendagainst you, in hunger,in thirst,in nakedness,and in the lackof allthings;and He will putan ironyokeon your neckuntilHe has destroyedyou.
