¹⁶ As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘In the ^[a]country of the king who ^[b]put him on the throne, whose oath he ^(A)despised and whose covenant he broke, ^[c](B)in Babylon he shall certainly die.

¹⁸ Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he ^[a](A)pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”