¹⁹ “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position. ²⁰ And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you. ²¹ I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah. ²² I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them. ²³ He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall. ²⁴ They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family.^[a]”

²⁵ But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the Lord, have spoken!”