11 (NIV) Then the word of
the LORD came to me: 12 ÒSay to this rebellious house, ÔDo you
not know what these things mean?Õ Say to them: ÔThe king of Babylon
went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,
bringing them back with him to Babylon. 13 Then he took a member of
the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under
oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land, 14 so that
the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only
by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled against him by
sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he
succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the
treaty and yet escape?Õ 16 ÔAs surely as I live,Õ declares the
Sovereign LORD, Ôhe shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put
him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.
17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no
help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to
destroy many lives.ÕÓ