Ezekiel 17:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³ He took one of the king's family, made a treaty with him, and made him swear to be loyal. He took important men as hostages ¹⁴ to keep the nation from rising again and to make sure that the treaty would be kept. ¹⁵ But the king of Judah rebelled and sent agents to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can he get away with that? He cannot break the treaty and go unpunished!