What symbolic object did Jeremiah wear around his neck to represent the coming subjugation to Babylon?
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Correct answer: A wooden yoke
Jeremiah 27 describes him wearing a yoke to tell the surrounding nations that they must submit to Nebuchadnezzar. The false prophet Hananiah later broke this yoke in a symbolic act of defiance.
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