Ezekiel 17:12-21

New American Standard Bible

¹² “Say now to the ^(A)rebellious house, ‘Do you not ^(B)know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the ^(C)king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and leaders, and brought them to him in Babylon. ¹³ Then he took one of the royal ^[a](D)family and made a covenant with him, ^[b]putting him under ^(E)oath. He also took away the ^(F)mighty of the land, ¹⁴ so that the kingdom would ^(G)be humbled, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant so that it might continue. ¹⁵ But ^[c]he ^(H)revolted against ^[d]him by sending his messengers to Egypt so that they might give him horses and many ^[e]troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does these things ^(I)escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? ¹⁶ As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘In the ^[f]country of the king who ^[g]put him on the throne, whose oath he ^(J)despised and whose covenant he broke, ^[h](K)in Babylon he shall certainly die. ^17 (L)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great contingent will not ^[i]help him in the war, when they pile up assault ramps and build siege walls to eliminate many lives. ¹⁸ Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he ^[j](M)pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’” ¹⁹ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “As I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will certainly ^[k]inflict on his head. ²⁰ And I will spread My ^(N)net over him, and he will be ^(O)caught in My net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and ^(P)enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me. ²¹ All the ^[l](Q)choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”