24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachinc d son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ringe on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliverf you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.d 26 I will hurlg you and the motherh who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to returni to.”

28 Is this man Jehoiachinj a despised, broken pot,k

an object no one wants?

Why will he and his children be hurledl out,

cast into a landm they do not know?

29 O land,n land, land,

hear the word of the Lord!

30 This is what the Lord says:

“Record this man as if childless,o

a man who will not prosperp in his lifetime,

for none of his offspringq will prosper,

none will sit on the throner of David

or rule anymore in Judah.”