Ezekiel 17:16-24

New International Version

¹⁶ “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die^(A) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.^{(B) 17} Pharaoh^(C) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps^(D) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.^{(E) 18} He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge^(F) 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.^{(G) 20} I will spread my net^(H) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment^(I) on him there because he was unfaithful^(J) to me. ²¹ All his choice troops will fall by the sword,^(K) and the survivors^(L) will be scattered to the winds.^(M) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.^(N)

²² “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot^(O) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.^{(P) 23} On the mountain heights^(Q) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit^(R) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.^{(S) 24} All the trees of the forest^(T) will know that I the Lord bring down^(U) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.^(V)

“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.^(W)’”