20 I will spread my net over him,(A) and he will be caught in my snare.(B) I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for the treachery he committed against me.(C) 21 All the fugitives[a] among his troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every direction of the wind.(D) Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.

22 “‘This is what the Lord God says:

I will take a sprig
from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.(E)
I will pluck a tender sprig
from its topmost shoots,
and I will plant it
on a high towering mountain.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:21 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg read choice men

20 I will spread my net(A) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(B) on him there because he was unfaithful(C) to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(D) and the survivors(E) will be scattered to the winds.(F) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(G)

22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(H) 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.(I)

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