For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
I have put. Though Hananiah and those like him were secondary instruments in bringing the iron yoke on Judea (Jeremiah 28:13), God was the great First Cause (Jeremiah 27:4-7).