1. Submit to God's plan (1-13)

Zedekiah was conspiring with his allies to throw off the Babylonian yoke. But Jeremiah wore an actual wooden yoke and told the leaders to submit to the yoke of the Babylonians and they would live. The yoke was God's broken-hearted plea to his people. But his people and the surrounding nations refused to listen. Instead, they resorted to humanistic means to survive, forming alliances, encouraging each other with lies, hoping and wishing that there would be a good outcome.

2. Speaking truth in times of confusion (14-22)

Lying prophets were attempting to encourage the officials with lies. They contributed to the confusion. But Jeremiah spoke the truth to the people, revealing God's way of salvation. God wants his servants to speak truth clearly in the time of chaos.