Ezekiel 17:12–18

¹²Say now to ^tthe rebellious house, ^ttKnow ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, ^uthe king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; ¹³And ^vhath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, ^wand hath ^†taken an oath of him: ^uhe hath also taken ^xthe mighty of the land: ¹⁴That the kingdom might be ^ybase, that it might not lift itself up, ^†but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. ¹⁵But ^zhe rebelled against him ^ain sending his ambassadors ^abinto Egypt, ^cthat they might give him horses and much people. ^dShall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or ^eshall he break the covenant, and be delivered? ^16fAs I live, saith the Lord God, surely ^gin the place where the king dwelleth ^vthat made him king, ^ewhose oath he despised, and ^ewhose covenant he brake, even with him ^hin the midst of Babylon he shall die. ^17bNeither shall ⁱPharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, ^kby casting up mounts, and ^kbuilding forts, to cut off many persons: ¹⁸Seeing ^ehe despised the oath ^eby breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had ^lgiven his hand, and hath done all these things, ^ehe shall not escape.