¹⁰ Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns^{[a] (A)}the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’^[b]

The Judgment of Babylon

13 The oracle concerning ^(A)Babylon which ^(B)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

²⁵ Jehu said to Bidkar ^(A)his aide, “Take him up and throw him ^(B)on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how ^(C)the Lord made this ^(D)pronouncement against him:

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.^[a]

²⁵ And you, O profane^{[a] (A)}wicked one, prince of Israel, ^(B)whose day has come, ^(C)the time of your final punishment, ²⁶ thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. ^(D)Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. ²⁷ A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. ^(E)This also shall not be, ^(F)until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.

^13 (A)And he took one of the royal offspring^{[a] (B)}and made a covenant with him, ^(C)putting him under oath (^(D)the chief men of the land he had taken away), ¹⁴ that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. ^15 (E)But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^(F)to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ^(G)Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ^(H)break the covenant and yet escape?

^16 (I)“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely ^(J)in the place where the king dwells ^(K)who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. ^17 (L)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, ^(M)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. ¹⁸ He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. ¹⁹ 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. ^20 (N)I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon ^(O)and enter into judgment with him there ^(P)for the treachery he has committed against me. ²¹ And all the pick^[b] of his troops shall fall by the sword, ^(Q)and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that ^(R)I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

²⁷ The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way ^(A)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, ^(B)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”

¹⁸ But if you do not surrender to ^(A)the officials of the king of Babylon, ^(B)then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, ^(C)and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.”

⁸ “But thus says the Lord: Like ^(A)the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat ^(B)Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who ^(C)dwell in the land of Egypt.