19 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.s 20 I will spread my nett for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgmentu on him there because he was unfaithfulv to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,w and the survivorsx will be scattered to the winds.y Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.z

22 “ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoota from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.b 23 On the mountain heightsc of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruitd and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.e 24 All the trees of the forestf will know that I the Lord bring downg the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.h

“ ‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.i’ ”