Ezekiel 17:12–21

¹²“Say now to ^jthe rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed ^kthe king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon. ^13lAnd he took the king’s offspring, made a covenant with him, ^mand put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, ¹⁴that the kingdom might be ⁿbrought low and not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. ¹⁵But ^ohe rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, ^pthat they might give him horses and many people. ^qWill he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

¹⁶‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely ^rin the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. ^17sNor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, ^twhen they heap up a siege mound and build a ³wall to cut off many persons. ¹⁸Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact ^ugave ⁴his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head. ²⁰I will ^vspread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and ^wtry him there for the ⁵treason which he committed against Me. ^21xAll his ⁶fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be ^yscattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”