Ezekiel 17:12-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² “Say now to the ^(A)rebellious house, ‘Do you not ^(B)know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the ^(C)king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon. ¹³ He took one of the royal ^[a](D)family and made a covenant with him, ^[b]putting him under ^(E)oath. He also took away the ^(F)mighty of the land, ¹⁴ that the kingdom might ^(G)be ^[c]in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue. ¹⁵ But he ^(H)rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many ^[d]troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things ^(I)escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? ¹⁶ As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Surely in the ^[e]country of the king who ^[f]put him on the throne, whose oath he ^(J)despised and whose covenant he broke, ^[g](K)in Babylon he shall die. ^17 (L)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not ^[h]help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives. ¹⁸ Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he ^[i](M)pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’” ¹⁹ Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will ^[j]inflict on his head. ²⁰ I will spread My ^(N)net over him, and he will be ^(O)caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and ^(P)enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me. ²¹ All the ^[k](Q)choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”