19:9 Babylon. Jehoiakim had rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, and the wrath of the Babylonian king was directed against his son Jehoiachin. Ezekiel describes his deportation to Babylon in 597 b.c. (2 Kin. 24:8–16; 2 Chr. 36:9, 10). Jehoiachin was imprisoned until the reign of Evil-merodach (562–560 b.c.; 2 Kin. 25:27–30).