Jeremiah 22:24-26

Contemporary English Version

²⁴^(A) King Jehoiachin,^[a] son of Jehoiakim,^[b] even if you were the ring I wear as the sign of my royal power, I would still pull you from my finger. ²⁵I would hand you over to the enemy you fear, to King Nebuchadnezzar^[c] and his army, who want to kill you. ²⁶You and your mother^[d] were born in Judah, but I will throw both of you into a foreign country, where you will die,

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Footnotes

22.24 Jehoiachin: The Hebrew text has “Coniah,” another form of Jehoiachin's name; he ruled for three months in 598 b.c.
22.24 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
22.25 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
22.26 mother: See the note at 13.18.