¹⁰ “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.’

A Prophecy Against Babylon

13 A prophecy^(A) against Babylon^(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz^(C) saw:^(D)

²⁵ Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy^(A) against him:

1 A prophecy:^(A) The word^(B) of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.^[a]

²⁵ “‘You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come,^(A) whose time of punishment has reached its climax,^{(B) 26} this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.^(C) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.^{(D) 27} A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come;^(E) to him I will give it.’^(F)

¹³ Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty^(A) with him, putting him under oath.^(B) He also carried away the leading men^(C) of the land, ¹⁴ so that the kingdom would be brought low,^(D) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. ¹⁵ But the king rebelled^(E) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt^(F) to get horses and a large army.^(G) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?^(H)

¹⁶ “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die^(I) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.^{(J) 17} Pharaoh^(K) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps^(L) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.^{(M) 18} He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge^(N) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.

¹⁹ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.^{(O) 20} I will spread my net^(P) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment^(Q) on him there because he was unfaithful^(R) to me. ²¹ All his choice troops will fall by the sword,^(S) and the survivors^(T) will be scattered to the winds.^(U) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.^(V)

“‘Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(C)’”

¹⁸ But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands^(A) of the Babylonians and they will burn^(B) it down; you yourself will not escape^(C) from them.’”

⁸ “‘But like the bad^(A) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah^(B) king of Judah, his officials^(C) and the survivors^(D) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.^(E)