God appears in the sky. The prophet Jeremiah stands with his hand raised looking up with a yoke around his neck that God has instructed him to make as a symbol of the yoke of Babylon. On the left, King Sedekiah of Judah stands on an elevation. At the bottom of the steps, the prophet Chananja, with the help of others, breaks the yoke around Jeremiah's neck into pieces. Below the scene a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Jer. 27, God appears to Jeremiah History of Jeremiah Theatrum biblicum , print maker: Antonie Wierix (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Maerten de Vos

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