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"A member of Three Dog Night said that the original lyrics to the song were 'Jeremiah was a prophet' but no one liked it."

The sign of the yokes section, Jeremiah 27-28 is incredibly jarring, because it's the first time God commands his people to faithfully support a pagan ruler after incalculable admonishments against following the ways of the Ammonites, worshippers of Baal, etc. This being Nebuchadnezzar who we know worshipped Ishtar and Marduk and sometimes styled himself a living god. The Babylonian captivity was an interesting time