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What symbolic object did Jeremiah wear to urge Judah to submit to Babylon?

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Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background. — Jeremiah *Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem*, oil on panel by Rembrandt, 1630: in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

To urge the people of Judah to submit to the power of Babylon, the prophet Jeremiah wore a yoke upon his neck.1

He used this symbolic action while proclaiming that Judah and the surrounding states should accept the "yoke of Babylonia," as he believed it was the will of Yahweh that they be placed into the hands of the king of Babylon.1