¹³^sAnd he took one of the royal offspring² ^tand made a covenant with him, ^uputting him under oath (^vthe chief men of the land he had taken away), ¹⁴that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. ¹⁵^wBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^xto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ^yWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ^zbreak the covenant and yet escape?

¹⁶^a“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely ^bin the place where the king dwells ^cwho made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. ¹⁷^dPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, ^ewhen mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. ¹⁸He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. ¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.

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Cross references

s 2 Kgs. 24:17
tver. 15, 16, 18; 2 Chr. 36:13
u[ch. 21:23]
v 2 Kgs. 24:14, 15
w[ver. 7; ch. 23:27; 2 Kgs. 24:20; 2 Chr. 36:13; Jer. 37:5–7]
x Deut. 17:16; [Isa. 31:1, 3]; 36:6, 9
y[ver. 9, 10]
zch. 16:59; [ver. 13]
aSee ch. 16:48
b[ch. 12:13]
cver. 13
dver. 15; See Jer. 37:5–8
eSee ch. 4:2