Ezekiel 17:12–21

¹²“Now say to that rebellious house,^q ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials,^r and brought them back with him to Babylon. ¹³He took one of the royal family^s and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath.^t Then he took away the leading men of the land, ¹⁴so that the kingdom would be humble and not exalt itself^u but would keep his covenant in order to endure. ¹⁵However, this king revolted against him^v by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army.^w Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?

¹⁶“ ‘As I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne,^x whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke. ¹⁷Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast company will not help him in battle,^y when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives. ¹⁸He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge.^z He will not escape!

¹⁹“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: As I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke. ²⁰I will spread my net over him,^aa and he will be caught in my snare.^ab I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for the treachery he committed against me.^{ac 21}All the fugitives^A among his troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every direction of the wind.^ad Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.