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Then the word of the Lord came to me:
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“Say now to
1the rebellious house,
2Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold,
3the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.
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4And he took one of the royal offspring
5and made a covenant with him,
6putting him under oath (
7the chief men of the land he had taken away),
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that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand.
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8But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors
9to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army.
10Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he
11break the covenant and yet escape?
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12“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely
13in the place where the king dwells
14who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.
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15Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war,
16when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
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He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape.
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Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.
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17I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon
18and enter into judgment with him there
19for the treachery he has committed against me.
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And all the pick of his troops shall fall by the sword,
20and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that
21I am the Lord; I have spoken. ”